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FWC Decision – Employer’s Obligation Concerning Redeployment
Workwise is receiving regular calls of late with regard to the process of redundancy and related matters including options like reduction of working hours, change of classification, redeployment and reduction of wages in light of current difficult economic...
Gender Equality Reporting and Domestic Violence Leave
Workplace Gender Equality Reporting The two-month window for employers to report gender related employment data has commenced with a new requirement in 2016 to provide rates of promotion and resignation, broken down by gender. Employers with more than 100 employees...
$118,800 penalty for underpayment of Chinese massage therapists
We thought this update from the Fair Work Ombudsman would be of interest to our readers - it is pleasing that these sorts of operators are being pursued and prosecuted. 23 March 2016 A federal judge has sounded a warning to massage shops that flouting minimum pay...
STOP CRYSTAL BALL GAZING
Workwise Advisory Services has two ways of tackling issues in our member’s workplaces - Reactively or Proactively. On the REACTIVE side there’s the representation and advocacy in industrial relations tribunals; the “hotline” to provide you with advice on how to...
Is Team Building on your Agenda?
Water Cooler Talk is the term / euphemism given to those types of conversation where employees are typically complaining about something or someone in their workplace. The conversations usually go like this:- “I’m looking for another job, this place doesn’t pay me...