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Taking the Stress out of Stress Claims

23/08/2010 (in Announcements, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)

Some time ago in a Clint Eastwood movie, I remember the character that he played saying: “I tried being reasonable

Melbourne OHS Training Day – 24 September 2010

22/07/2010 (in Announcements, Events, News)

Melbourne OHS Training Day – 24 September 2010
“The Hidden and Forgotten Dangers – OHS and the office

When: 24 September 2010
Times: 8.30am – 5:30pm
Where: RACV Melbourne

The program for the Training Day is designed to look carefully at white collar safety. That falls into three parts:
(1) Senior Management Governance responsibilities – something that few managers are trained in or understand at a Board/ Executive level. Ian Bird Company Secretary, Murray Goulburn will present with Ms Diana Taylor – General Manager- Legal Douglas LPT and Director of the Geelong Football Club.

Specialist HR Contractors

20/07/2010 (in Announcements, Published Articles)

Your business is small to medium size and need HR support? But you don’t need anyone full time. Also, some of your needs are not “entry-level” HR practitioners.

Recruitment by the Hour

20/07/2010 (in Announcements)

Tired of paying 15% of annual wage for a recruiter to immediately send you a data dump of potential recruits?

Welcome – Archer Jack Cunningham

19/07/2010 (in Announcements, eLibrary)

Kim Cunningham and husband Leigh, welcome their second child Archer Jack Cunningham.

“Understanding Insurance – The Warranty and Workplace holes in your Business Protection”

01/07/2010 (in Announcements, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)

It is common for installers of cabling to take great comfort from the written warranties provided by manufactures of cabling product.

Tough but Fair

01/07/2010 (in Latest in IR & Employment, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)

Employers, employees and unions must negotiate an enterprise agreement (EA) in good faith. In past articles, I have suggested that the US position – that any direct communications with your workers when there is a bargaining representative for the workers is unlawful – will not be followed in Australia

To pay or not to pay – meeting requirements to avoid severance payments

01/07/2010 (in Latest in IR & Employment, News, Published Articles, eLibrary)

In Allman v Teletech International Pty Ltd, the Federal Court heard call centre workers for outsourcing service provider Teletech were made redundant after Telstra cancelled a key contract.

Why safety management systems are so important for your business

01/07/2010 (in Latest in OH&S, Legal Articles, News, eLibrary)

The recent case of Inspector Childs (WorkCover Authority of New South Wales) v State of New South Wales (Department of Services, Technology and Administration) [2009], demonstrates that existing safety management systems are not the be all and end all.

Why it’s hard to be an employer in South Australia right now

01/07/2010 (in Latest in OH&S, Legal Articles, News, eLibrary)

Large employers are opting out of operating in South Australia because of the complexities of the South Australian workers’ compensation regime. Arguably, the case law and statute unreasonably favour the employee over the employer.