by Sophie McCartney | 7 Jul 2022 | NEWS
Every year, the Fair Work Ombudsman announces its strategic priorities for the upcoming year, which determines what their key areas of focus are with respect to enforcing and driving compliance within the industrial relations landscape. It’s an important point to keep...
by Candice Collaco | 2 Feb 2022 | Modern Awards
On 8 April 2020 the Fair Work Commission (FWC) made the decision to vary 99 modern awards as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This variation implemented a temporary Schedule, called Schedule X, into these affected awards. This Schedule included the entitlement to...
by Annie Cross | 2 Feb 2022 | HR & WHS Compliance | HR Connect, Human Resources
What are workplace policies and procedures? Workplace policies and procedures are a crucial part of any business and human resource function. They enable the business to communicate to the workers how the management team will deal with issues in the workplace....
by Sophie McCartney | 19 Jan 2022 | HR & WHS Compliance | HR Connect
HR compliance can be a daunting subject for a small business to broach alone. Employment law in Australia is complex and broad and getting it wrong can result in significant consequences; both from a financial and, almost equally important, a reputational perspective....
