Good Faith Bargaining
As a part of the crashing waves of industrial relations change for SMEs, businesses should turn their attention to 'Good Faith Bargaining' as a significant impost on small and medium businesses.
Electronic Document Retention: Navigating The Digital Blizzard
Your move to a fully electronic storage system is imminent, and all your document retention worries are over. Or are they?
Confidentiality Agreements And The Standard Salad Sandwich
Confidentiality is becoming an increasingly important issue in commercial dealings. In this article we look at some of the issues that arise in relation to obligations of confidentiality.
Employee Departure - A Checklist Of Steps
When an employee departs a business, whether it's due to a resignation or termination at the initiative of the employer, there are a number of matters for an employer to "close-off" prior to the actual termination process.
Sample Policy: Business Conduct
Use this sample business conduct policy when employing.
Who's Left Holding The Baby?
Pregnancy discrimination is now one of the most common grounds of complaint to anti-discrimination tribunals. When an employee (or their partner) becomes pregnant, their employer must comply with numerous industrial and discrimination laws.
How To Avoid Being Faced With An Unfair Dismissals Claim
One of the significant factors affecting employer’s exposure to unfair dismissal claims is the confusion that surrounds the mass of rules and jurisdictions that currently exist in Australia’s industrial relations system.
Employment Contracts Explained
Every employment relationship where an employee performs work for a wage, salary or commission is underpinned by a contract of employment. This is a legally enforceable agreement, either oral or written, (or partly written and partly oral), between an employer and an employee that defines the terms and conditions to which both parties must adhere.
Avoid Discrimination Issues When Recruiting - Guidelines
Hiring employees can raise a number of potential legal issues for employers and those involved in the recruitment process. Potential risks are inherent in all three basic stages of recruitment: advertising and interviewing, deciding who to employ and making the offer of employment.
Superannuation - Be Careful With What You Promise
In any merger or acquisition transaction, it is common for superannuation arrangements to be “glossed over” in the due diligence process. After all, superannuation issues are hardly considered as deal-breakers.
Employee Leave And Holiday Entitlements Explained
This article is a highly valuable and detailed resource for all employers. It looks at numerous types of leave - including compassionate leave, trade union training leave, special leave, leave without pay ...
How To Reduce Your Exposure To Unfair Dismissals
No employer wants to face an unfair dismissal claim. You may feel that you have a contented team now - but even the best of staff relationships can break down over time.
Avoid Dismissal Problems - An Employer's Checklist
No employer wants to face an unfair dismissal claim. You may feel that you have a contented team now but even the best of staff relationships can break down over time. And if it does go off the rails you can't assume that a simple resolution will be found. Follow the steps in the checklist below and avoid unwanted dismissal problems.
Practical Policies And Procedures Can Save You Money
Policies and procedures should be developed to reflect the culture of the organisation as well as the legal requirements. From a business perspective this means less time wasted, less money spent and better productivity.
The Trouble With Emails
The sanctity of emails is of real concern to businesses. Messages can be easily forged or misinterpreted, not received by the intended recipient, forwarded and used inappropriately. And legally there are a number of grey areas.
Dismissal Is Made Easier By Being Prepared
It pays to be prepared for the worst, even in the best of employment relationships. When recruiting staff for your business also be prepared for the changing nature of any relationship and the possibility of dismissal further down the track.
Unfair Dismissals - Let's Make Them Fair
The topic of unfair dismissal legislation seems to be mentioned quite often as the Government looks at what it is going to change in its current term. There seems to be a move to relax the legislation for smaller business but is this a good move for business in general?
Termination Of Employment
Use the checklists when an employee terminates their employment.
Example Of First Warning Letter
A helpful guide when preparing a first warning letter.
Dress Rules
Employers may set standards of dress that are reasonable according to the nature and circumstances of the employment.
Verbal Warning - Pro-Forma
When giving an employee a verbal warning it is essential that the meeting be recorded. The following pro-forma will assist in this regard.