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Hiring an apprentice? Pay & reimbursement requirements #act #apprentices #apprenticeship #australia #award #entitlements #fairwork #hoursworked #nsw #nt #payment #qld #sa #tafe #tasmania #vic #wa Nov 29, 2024

Looking to hire an apprentice? Here's a summary to help Employers and future Apprentices better understand the pay and reimbursement requirements in Australia. Continue reading for more information! 

What an apprenticeship involves

An apprentice is an employee who learns their...

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Employii Work Experience: Meet Arlo & Abigail #hr #workexperience Nov 27, 2024

This month we welcomed Arlo and Abigail to the Employii team!  As part of their year 10 work experience the girls joined our team for a week, to gain insight into what working in HR is like, the different services we offer clients and to develop their knowledge of contracts, modern...

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Hiring Junior Employees: What Employers Need to Know #act #bestpractice #employee #employer #employment #employmentrights #fairwork #firstjob #hiring #junioremployee #nsw #nt #qld #tasmania #vic #wa #welcome #youngworkers Nov 18, 2024

Do you hire junior staff? Here's our Employer  best practice guide when hiring first time workers 

Everyone starts somewhere in the workplace and joining a company as a junior employee can be extremely daunting. 

Employer’s play such a pivotal role in ensuring workplace best...

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Announcement! Prepare for your Christmas close down #act #annualleave #christmas #christmasclosedown #closedownperiod #employee #employer #fairwork #leaveoverchristmas #modernaward #nsw #nt #qld #sa #shutdown #tasmania #vic #wa Oct 31, 2024

Is your close down period approaching? Here's everything you need to know!

With Christmas approaching quickly, now is the time to communicate with employees your business requirements over the Christmas and New Year period! 

Whilst all companies do things slightly differently, it is common...

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Upcoming Fair Work Changes! The Care Industry #act #agedcare #australia #careindustry #directcare #fairwork #indirectcare #modernaward #nsw #nt #qld #tasmania #updates #vic #wa Oct 29, 2024

Upcoming Fair Work Changes! The Care Industry

Recently the Fair Work Commission announced changes to Awards related to the aged care sector, effective from 01 January 2025.

The Awards updated include; the Aged Care Award, Social, Community Home Care and Disability Services Award (SCHADS) and...

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Save this info: Employer obligations for Domestic Violence #action #confidentiality #employer #employerobligations #fairwork #nes #nsw #nt #paidleave #privacy #qld #sa #tasmania #vic #wa family and domestic violence fdv Oct 29, 2024

Employer obligations for Domestic Violence

The Fair Work Act, National Employment Standards (NES) and modern awards set out employer obligations designed to support employees experiencing or supporting someone experiencing family and domestic violence (FDV).

Defining Family and Domestic...

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How leaders can bring recognition into the workplace culture employee employeerecognition engagement gratitude leaders motivation team culture Sep 30, 2024

It is more important than ever for organisational leaders to find ways to bring recognition into the workplace and embed employee appreciation within their company culture.

Why is it more important than ever? 

Recently the Inclusion@Work Index assessed Australian employee wellbeing in the...

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Employee Recognition - Why it's important! employeerecognition engagement jobsatisfaction morale nsw positivebrand productivity program qld recogniise recognition tasmania teamwork vic wa workplace Sep 17, 2024

Implementing a Recognition program – Why it’s important!

Acknowledging good work has both workplace and individual benefits, in terms of creating a culture of recognition and building habits of gratitude. An effective way of instilling recognition within your company is to implement...

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The 5 Languages of Appreciation 5languagesofappreciation appreciation differences employeeappreciation engagement jobsatisfaction recogniise recognition Sep 17, 2024

The 5 Languages of Appreciation 

In our last blog post we discussed one tool employers can use to promote a recognition culture at work using a recognition program, such as Recogniise (click here to read).

We acknowledge each person is different and therefore has different preferred ways of...

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Employees vs Contractors - Understand the difference! australia australian capital territory compare contractor employee rights fair work hoursofwork legal levelofcontrol new south wales northern territory penalties shamcontracting south australia subcontract tasmania victoria western australia Aug 30, 2024

Do you know the key differences between an Employee and independent Contractor?

From 26 August 2024 a new definition of employment has been added to the Fair Work Act, to assist businesses and individuals in clarifying if someone is considered an employee or a contractor. 

Let's break...

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Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking Policy - Important Inclusions alcohol drugs howtowriteapolicy hr compliance nsw nt policy policytipsandtricks qld sa smoking tasmania vicariousliability wa whattoincludeinapolicy Aug 30, 2024

In the process of drafting a Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking policy or not sure where to start? Continue reading for key tips, tricks & inclusions to update and/or draft your workplace policy. 

 

Why do I need a Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking policy? 

Both employees and...

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WA Workers Compensation Updates! claim injured payment penalties return to work state wa western australia worker workerscompensation Aug 13, 2024

Updates to the WA workers compensation law

On 1 July 2024 the new Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 replaced the previous 1981 Act, with the aim of providing greater clarity surrounding worker and employer requirements.

Let’s break down the new obligations and...

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