Below is Chapter 7 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - The basics Chapter 2 - Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building Chapter 3 - Governance and management Chapter 4...
Booklet: Company Title Essentials (Chapter 6 – Rights, duties and disputes)
Below is Chapter 6 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - The basics Chapter 2 - Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building Chapter 3 - Governance and management Chapter 4...
Booklet: Company Title Essentials (Chapter 5 – Obligations, renovations and records)
Below is Chapter 5 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - The basics Chapter 2 - Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building Chapter 3 - Governance and management Chapter 4...
Booklet: Company Title Essentials (Chapter 4 – The role of Company Managers and Building Managers)
Below is Chapter 4 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - The basics Chapter 2 - Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building Chapter 3 - Governance and management Chapter 5...
Booklet: Company Title Essentials (Chapter 3 – Governance and management)
Below is Chapter 3 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - The basics Chapter 2 - Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building Chapter 4 - The role of company managers and...
Booklet: Company Title Essentials (Chapter 2 – Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building)
Below is Chapter 2 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 1 - The basics Chapter 3 - Governance and management Chapter 4 - The role of company managers and building managers Chapter 5 -...
Booklet: Company Title Essentials (Chapter 1 – The basics)
Below is Chapter 1 of our 'Company Title Essentials' booklet. To read the other chapters of our booklet, click the links below: Chapter 2 - Purchasing and selling shares in a company title building Chapter 3 - Governance and management Chapter 4 - The role of company...
Solution brief: Managing leave
A guide for employers. Annual leave What is annual leave? All full-time employees are entitled to at least four weeks of paid annual leave each year. Part time employees are entitled to a proportion of their leave entitlement on a pro rata basis. Casual employees are...
Solution brief: Draft Disciplinary Policy
An employer’s guide to managing poor performance and misconduct What is this policy? This policy sets out the way in which we will deal with all disciplinary matters. It ensures that disciplinary matters will be handled fairly and consistently. It helps us to comply...
Solution brief: Managing Poor Performance and Misconduct
A guide for employers What is poor performance? Poor performance is a consistent failure on the part of an employee to complete their work to the required standard. It requires managers to look at the quality of the work being done by the employee. It could involve...
Solution brief: Performance Management and Termination
A guide for employers Termination during the qualifying period The basics Employees have a ‘qualifying period’ that lasts for the first six months of their employment. If they are dismissed in this period, they cannot make an unfair dismissal claim. Employees who are...
Solution Brief: Appearing Before the Fair Work Commission
A guide for employers. What is the Fair Work Commission? The Fair Work Commission is a workplace relations tribunal. While it has many functions, its key responsibility as far as employers are concerned is its ability to hear and adjudicate disputes between employers...
Navigating non-disparagement clauses: A guide for employees
When your employment ends badly, there’s a great temptation to bad mouth your employer on as many social media platforms as possible. Regardless of the correctness of your posts, be aware you may have signed away your right to ‘fair comment’ or ‘free speech’. In the...
“All reasonable steps” – Sexual harassment and an employer’s liability
While it is well understood that sexual harassment in the workplace is inappropriate and against the law in Australia, amendments to the Fair Work Act have imposed a positive obligation on employers to take “all reasonable steps” to prevent harassment. Is this cannot be proven, the you may be held vicariously liable for sexual harassment committed by an employee or agent in connection with the workplace.
Can I use fixed term employment contracts to avoid unfair dismissal claims against my business?
If you wish to maintain some flexibility in an employment relationship, as a business owner, you may choose to engage staff under an employment contract with an identified end date, rather than on a permanent, ongoing basis.
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