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PARTY TIME IS HERE (NEARLY!)
'That time of year' is fast approaching where businesses look to arranging their staff parties and 'thank you' events for clients. Inevitably we want these events to be enjoyable and inclusive and almost as inevitably we are looking at alcohol being a part of the...
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
3 Simple steps to improving employee engagement. Step 1. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Step 2. TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Step 3. REWARDS AND RECOGNITION EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Provide employees with well defined goals and make sure that their performance is clearly...
Job Description Form (JDF) A Critical Management Tool
What is a JDF? Are JDF’s important? What do JDF’s do? It's surprising how many businesses still don't bother with a Job Description Form (JDF) yet it is our view that they are critical tools for managing staff and form a foundation component of any Performance...
POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES AND RECRUITMENT
Why do you need a police certificate from your job applicants? It would be no surprise to many readers that the requirement to have a current Police clearance is currently 'in vogue' with many employers regardless of industry or the 'job' required to be done. There...
CASUAL EMPLOYMENT – THE ONGOING DILEMMA
It seems the question of what constitutes casual employment status is an eternal one. Just recently I saw an ad in the SW Times for a 'permanent casual' needless to say - like the 'Dodo' the permanent casual is extinct!! From an IR perspective the definition of casual...