While unemployment rates remain high in the current COVID environment, some businesses are flourishing and there are others who are experience natural attrition. Recruitment still needs to happen and engaging new employees is a task some managers often find difficult as it is not a normal daily activity. it is important that businesses have some strong processes in place to ensure they select the best candidate for the role.
Read MoreWorkplace bullying is repeated and unreasonable behaviour directed towards a worker or group of workers that creates a risk to health and safety.
Read MoreIndustrial manslaughter has become a matter of national interest in recent times, following a series of high profile and tragic workplace deaths.
Read MoreWorkers Compensation schemes face an unprecedented scenario: most white-collar workers doing their jobs from home. It is important to recognise that in the ‘no-fault’ environment in which Australian Workers Compensation schemes operate, an employee who can demonstrate that their work or their workplace was a contributing factor to their ‘injury’, will likely have liability for that injury accepted by the scheme.
Read MoreThere are many questions in regard to managing workplace obligations during these unprecedented times. In this Tips and Trips, we have collated a number of the most frequently asked questions we are receiving.
Read MoreIn this edition of Tips and Trips, we examine the concepts of coaching and mentoring and provide some advice on developing programs within your business to support the development of your team. We also briefly look at the benefits of mentoring for both business leaders and employees.
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