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  By Natasha Hawker Why are Australian businesses not reaching their potential when it comes to productivity? Currently we are lagging behind other OECD countries and our position is not improving. We are behind US, UK, Brazil and France, to name just a few. “Productivity is the real value of output produced by a unit […]

  By Kate Renton, Employee Expert The Fair Work Ombudsman has begun to audit 1000 businesses across Australia, as part of a new campaign to make sure employers have the basics right in their workplaces. Your business could be one of  their targets. The Workplace Basics campaign will see Fair Work Inspectors assist businesses with […]

Natasha Hawker sat down with Simon Berglund from Sage Australia and talked about the ATO introduction of Single Touch Payroll, starting in July 2018.  Here are some tips for getting your business ready for this major change.

By Kate Renton Facebook and LinkedIn are out – Snapchat and Instagram are in. And I’m not talking about where to post your latest selfies, I’m talking about the social media channels you’ll need to use for recruitment if you are trying to attract Gen Z. Here are the 8 most important things to consider […]

Back in April 2017, the Government announced that they would be replacing the Temporary Work (Skilled) 457 visa with the completely new Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa from March 2018. Since the announcement there has been over 200 occupations removed from the occupation lists used for skilled migration visas, including the 457 and 407 (training) […]

  You may have seen our Managing Director, Natasha Hawker was interviewed for an ABC Online article last week on the businesses who are hiring only non-smokers. As you may expect, the comments on this article picked up views from both ends of the spectrum and the article itself was picked up as a talking […]

By David Brown, Employee Expert As business owners, we’re always managing risk and one of the risks that we see coming for you is around the greatly increased awareness and acceptance when raising a sexual harassment complaint. The #MeToo movement started last year, following issues in the USA and has resulted in several high profile […]

Anyone in business today knows the importance of a high-performing employee. They can help you get the job done, bring in more sales, help others in the office, and can even brighten your working day. These types of employees are golden tickets in the business world, and should be treasured accordingly. But this post isn’t […]

By Sandra Rajendra, Employee Expert Can I Hire Someone for Free? Sure! You don’t have to pay someone in some instances if they are doing an internship, on work experience, on trial or a vocational placement (formal work experience as part of a course). Someone may agree to enter into an unpaid arrangement if they […]

Getting a detailed job brief is critical to the recruitment process. To ensure I know exactly what my clients are looking for, I ask detailed questions to build a picture of the right match and this can often be a 45 minute conversation. It is evident from these conversations that many of the important factors […]