Any Idea What Your Employee Costs Are?
Virtually every business I have met to date are extremely cost conscious, and rightly so. Yet many are unaware of one of their greatest costs – their employees... Read more.
Work Out Your Employee Costs With These Formulas
Why don’t small businesses measure their employee costs? Largely, it is because they don’t understand the formulae to use. Then there is the time required to... Read more.
It’s all about the Power of the Network + LinkedIn
The old cliché ‘it’s not what you know but who you know’ rang true for me this past week. A candidate that had performed in a contract role in the past for... Read more.
Want to Know The Secret Ingredient To Business Success? Your Employees
Your business is only ever going to be as good as your employees. Whether you like it or not, you are in a war for talent, which you need to win. With the economy... Read more.
Has someone got Dementia in your workplace?
With my father-in-law, it started slowly but there were signs. He would get to the top of the stairs and forget why he was there. He would need the day’s plans... Read more.
Protect Yourself – At All Costs
Let’s face it, no one wants to end up in front of the Fair Work Commissioner facing lengthy and expensive legal wrangles so I wanted to put this into perspective... Read more.
How do you get the right people on your business bus?
I was asked recently by a small business owner, “How do you get the right people on the bus?” A Mission critical question. As you would know, it’s not only... Read more.
Harnessing Grey Power
Did you know that to be considered as an ‘older worker’ in Australia you only have to be older than 50? Now that’s pretty young (admittedly that’s coming... Read more.
Ouch! I was guilty of being sexist
When I look back on my career, I feel very lucky for the fabulous experiences that I have had, especially twelve years at a professional services firm. In this... Read more.
Employment rates are at the highest levels? – Not in my patch they’re not!
Recently, we have been struggling to attract candidates for job opportunities that would ordinarily be grabbed with both hands by eager applicants. The task at hand... Read more.
Got employees? Three ways to stay out of trouble
If you knew what I am about to share with you, before you started your business, you would probably never have started one in Australia. It is a legal minefield,... Read more.
Time to Hire? Take 5 Easy Steps to Find Out
Most start-ups start on the ‘smell of an oily rag’. Businesses are built on blood, sweat tears and hours and hours of unpaid labour or on Mum or Dad helping... Read more.
Does annual leave accrue when an employee is on workers’ compensation?
By our guest blogger, Danny King – Principal of Danny King Legal Each employment relationship is different, and may be subject to multiple pieces of legislation... Read more.
Employers and Emergency Events – A Guide for Employers affected by emergency measures
Recent events in Sydney have been devastating for us all. Alongside the tragedy, fear, and remarkable resilience of the human spirit, comes the economic reality... Read more.
What are the five reasons you don’t need a HR Manager in your business?
Optimise Business Success: Mastering Effective Employee Management Starting and successfully running a business is undeniably challenging. The sheer volume of tasks,... Read more.
What drugs are your employees taking in the workplace?
A survey released today makes for alarming reading, especially if you happen to be a blue collar small business owner with employees under your ‘duty of care’... Read more.
Nothing to ad-Myer here!
Recently, everyone has been talking about Andrew Flanagan and his appointment at Myer as a senior executive. That wasn’t the news though, it was where he was terminated... Read more.
Guess what I just discovered? I have a job for life!
We recently sent out a survey to a number of small businesses to ascertain how compliant they are around current employment legislation – and it made for stark... Read more.
What to Do if an Employee is Suspected of Stealing from You
No business owner or manager wants to hear the news or suspect that an employee is stealing from them. There is rightful a rightful feeling of dread around brand... Read more.
When can you fire someone?
Being sacked just two months into a payroll position absolutely floored a Brisbane woman. It was just like any other Monday morning when Angela Manderson walked... Read more.