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'Most claims for wrongful dismissal unsuccessful'

The Sydney Morning Herald recently published a story entitled 'Most claims for wrongful dismissal unsuccessful'. David Bates, Managing Director of Workforce Guardian, has written to the paper to highlight Workforce Guardian's concerns with the contents of their story.

Commission to Target 'Bullies'

The Commonwealth Government has announced an increase in funding of $5m per year to the Fair Work Commission (previously known as Fair Work Australia) to ensure it can fully exercise its new powers to hear complaints about alleged workplace bullying.

Federal Opposition's IR Policy- Little hope for SMEs

The Federal Opposition's IR Policy for the 2013 election offers little hope for small businesses struggling with the complexities of Australia's highly re-regulated labour market.

Unfair Dismissal - Back in the Headlines

A recent case handed down by the Fair Work Commission reminds us - once again - of the importance of following a fair process when dismissing employees.

Cloud Superheroes Roadshow

You're invited to attend the Cloud Superheroes Roadshow. The Cloud Superhero dream team consists of Shoeboxed Australia, Sharesight, Fathom, and Workforce Guardian. Together these heroes have joined forces to conquer the stormy confusion surrounding cloud-based SME tools. Registration is free.

Why Policies and Procedures Matter to You

A recent decision handed down by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has provided a timely reminder to us all about the importance of good workplace policies and procedures.

Fair Work Laws: What We Know Now

In a recent guest post for RecruitLoop, David Bates- MD of Workforce Guardian, covered Australia's Fair Work Laws: What We Know Now.

Important Changes to the Fair Work Laws

A number of important changes to Australia's employment laws took effect on 1 January 2013. I'd like to ensure every Workforce Guardian subscriber is aware of them.

Avoiding Disaster at Your Firm's Christmas Party

Amazing as it may seem, it's now time to once again begin planning your end-of-year workplace party. Like most firms, you're probably planning to celebrate the holiday season with your employees either by hosting a party or arranging some other type of get-together. But beware: things can go very wrong, very quickly.

Warning to employers - Avoiding redundancy pay

A recent Fair Work Australia (FWA) case provides a warning to employers seeking to avoid redundancy pay by securing "acceptable alternative employment" for the employee.

Why It's Time For An Extreme HR Makeover

In a recent guest post for RecruitLoop, David Bates- MD of Workforce Guardian, covered Why It's Time For An Extreme HR Makeover.

Modern Award & High Income Threshold Increase

Fair Work Australia has announced that the country's minimum wage workers will receive a pay rise percentage of 2.9%, starting 1st July 2012.

Workforce Guardian & ATSA 2012

Workforce Guardian is proud to announce we are a sponsor of ATSA 2012.
We'll be present over two days at our exhibition stand where you can come and introduce yourself and speak with the team.
We will also be speaking and hope you can join us, review the programme for full details.

New relationship with RecruitLoop

Workforce Guardian (www.workforceguardian.com.au), Australia's leading employment relations provider, has formed a strategic partnership with RecruitLoop (www.recruitloop.com.au), with its online recruitment marketplace and video interview platform now well positioned in the market.

Paid Parental Leave - Spa Australasia

In a recent edition of its magazine, Spa Australasia ran an article about Australia's new Paid Parental Leave Scheme. This prompted a number of interesting and important questions from the magazine's readers

As seen in the last issue of Spa Australasia, David Bates, Managing Director of Workforce Guardian provides some clarification to Spa Australasia's readers regarding the new Paid Parental Leave scheme and how it will affect SMEs.

Directors' compliance

As a company director you need to be diligent, methodical and accurate in your observance of the Fair Work Act 2009. And this includes the Modern Awards you apply to your employees and the entitlements that they receive.

New OHS reforms

Employers' responsibilities for OHS will be thrust further into the spotlight as the significant changes to Occupational Health and Safety Laws come into effect across Australia from 1 January 2012.

Minimum wage increase

All businesses, no matter what their size, need to understand Australian workplace laws and observe compliance obligations. The consequences for inaction or ignorance are heavy penalties and fines.

7-Eleven pays heavily for non-compliance

All businesses, no matter what their size, need to understand Australian workplace laws and observe compliance obligations. The consequences for inaction or ignorance are heavy penalties and fines.

Annual Leave Loading

A new approach being taken by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) when it comes to leave loading has the potential to leave many businesses facing significant back-pay claims.

Social Media

Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and a multitude of other social networking sites are a fact of life for millions of Australians across all generations. In these spaces, the separation between your personal life and your business or work life is becoming increasingly blurred.

New relationship with ADP

Workforce Guardian has been appointed by ADP to provide specialised employment relations expertise to ADP clients.

Small business definition change

With all the focus on the new Paid Parental Leave scheme that came into effect at the start of the year, many smaller businesses may have failed to note the important change to the definition of 'small business' that occurred at the same time.

Impact of flooding on employee management

After the devastating floods across Australia, many of you are unsure of your legal rights and responsibilities in relation to your employees' working arrangements. So we've put together some useful information to keep you on the right track.

Paid Parental Leave Headaches

The new Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme kicks off on 1 January 2011 but, unfortunately, confusion reigns thanks to a number of inconsistencies between the new scheme and the current unpaid parental leave entitlement.

Paid Parental Leave Compliance Tips

Australia's first national Paid Parental Leave scheme, funded by the Commonwealth Government, came into effect on 1 January 2011. With so much confusion understanding surrounding the new scheme, we've compiled our 5 top tips for compliance.

Top 5 holiday season HR questions answered!

At this time of the year, we're always inundated with calls from employers wanting answers to some tricky HR issues over the Christmas/New Year holiday period. I thought it might be helpful to compile a list of the top five questions and answers which you may find of use in your business.

Avoid ER headaches at your Christmas function

With the festive season just around the corner, as an employer there are legal obligations that you need to take seriously at your party or function.

Modern Awards breaches

Failing to apply the correct Modern Award to your employees can cost your company dearly.

Fair Work Compliance for Directors

The Fair Work Ombudsman has put all company directors on notice that they may be held personally responsible for the actions of those they trust to effectively manage compliance with the new Fair Work laws.

Modern Awards Info Pack

122 new Modern Awards replaced the old state and federal Awards on 1 January 2010 and businesses are obliged to ensure that the correct Modern Award or Awards is applied to their employees.

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Workforce Guardian is Australia's leading online employment relations service for employers. We provide expert advice and support in relation to the Fair Work Act 2009 (including the National Employment Standards), Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements. All Workforce Guardian employment relations content is compliant with Commonwealth legislation and has been verified by the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Practice Group of Clayton Utz, Australia.