Mindfulness in Occupational Health and Safety.
Mindfulness is an everyday term nowadays as a result of social media in general discussion. However, its significance in the workplace is very important especially in terms of OH&S. Safe…
Month: July 2017
Natural Justice and Due Process / Procedural Fairness
Effective workplace investigations and decision making must have regard to a number of steps in the process. If decisions are made subject to rigorous criteria and the resulting decision is…
Wages and conditions example policy.
Purpose Provides a guide to creating the Wages and Conditions section of our company’s Employee Induction Manual ensuring compliance with the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards. Questions…
Contracts and Offset Clauses.
All contracts of employment should contain an Offset Clause. This is necessary as a result of a High Court decision rejecting an appeal by an employer against the Federal Court…
Individual Flexibility Agreements ( IFA’s ) and working from home.
It is no surprise that many people when discussing the subject matter become cynical as to the benefit to the employer concerned. However, the facts are that creativity can be…
Termination of Employment (Employer’s Onus of Proof.)
The decision to terminate employment should have a clear, identifiable chain of reasoning. (i) Such would clearly identify the legitimate business reasons for taking the particular course of…
AUTHORITATIVE COLLABORATION
“The long history of mankind demonstrates that those who learned to collaborate most effectively have prevailed “. Charles Darwin Teamwork is the essence of collaboration. However, even in our…
Enterprise Bargaining Best Practice
When in receipt of Log of Claims firstly: Cost all items fully and list the impact on the company margins per annum. Secondly: Implement a Communications Plan with your employees…
Employees Complaints Procedure.
In every workplace from time to time there are occasions where an employee may consider the actions of another employee in the workplace to be unfair or unreasonable. In such…
Model Workplace Relations Management Plan (WRMP).
. Administration . Risk Assessment . Site Establishment . Sub-Contractor Management . Conditions of Employment . Recruitment of Direct Labor . Induction and Mobilisation . Labor Productivity . Performance…