Personal/Carer's Leave All employees that are employed on a part time or full time basis are entitled to a few different types of leave. The most common forms of leave that employees take are annual leave, sick leave & long service leave, although there are other types of leave too. Sick leave is also known …
Finding a good employee can be hard, what can be harder is keeping them. Having an employee that gives it their all and performs at their highest standard is an employee that you want to hold onto as long as possible. This doesn’t mean you need to shower them in gifts all the time or …
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently announced a 3.5% increase to minimum wages. This increase applies from the first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2018. The new national minimum wage for a full-time permanent employee will be $719.20 per week. This equates to $18.93 per hour and $23.66 for …
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Personal/carer’s leave (also known as sick leave, personal leave or sick & carer’s leave) allows an employee to take time off when they are sick or injured or to help them deal with caring responsibilities & family emergencies. An employee may have to take time off to care for an immediate family or household member …
Do you know what a Fair Work Information Statement is? Do you give one to all of your new employees? If not, you need to – it’s one of your responsibilities under the National Employment Standards. The National Employment Standards (NES) provide the minimum conditions for all employees in Australia. The provision of the Fair …
Easter is just around the corner. Here is a brief explanation of the main things you need to know about paying employees for public holidays. Permanent employees are entitled to have a paid day off (on their base rate of pay) on public holidays, but if you need them to work, you need to pay …
The short answer here is “maybe”. As an employer, you can direct an employee to take annual leave but the request has to be reasonable. For example, if an employee has accrued an excessive amount of leave (e.g., eight weeks or more) then that request would be considered reasonable. Or if it is to coincide …
Once you have established with an underperforming employee, what the problems or issues are, you can then decide if you need to implement a performance improvement plan. This clear plan of action should be developed in conjunction with the employee, and designed so that the employee implements the solution. Fair Work suggests this performance agreement …
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If you’ve identified an underperforming employee, here are a few tips from Fair Work, to help you manage the situation. It is critical to identify and understand the key drivers behind performance or underperformance within the workforce. You can ascertain this information by sitting down and having a chat with the employee in question. In …
According to Fair Work, some of the most common reasons why employees may be underperforming include: they’re unaware of expectations because goals and/or standards or workplace policies and consequences are not clear (or have not been set or shared) there are interpersonal differences at play there’s a mismatch between their capabilities and the job they’re …