by JFM Team | Dec 17, 2024
The festive season brings joy, family time, and… the yearly headache of managing the Christmas shutdown. One of the biggest challenges is annual leave. The rules have changed in recent years, and these changes have shifted the power dynamic regarding shutdown...
by JFM Team | Dec 17, 2024
The festive season is a time for family, friends and celebration. But for many Australians, it’s also a time when their employer shuts down the business for a week or two. This can be a great opportunity to relax and recharge, but it can also raise questions...
by JFM Team | Jul 3, 2024
Underperforming employees can affect the bottom line and negatively impact a workplace culture. They drain management time and energy, lower customer satisfaction and undermine team morale. You may have reached a point where terminating an unsatisfactory team member’s...
by JFM Team | Jul 3, 2024
As an employer you may already possess or wish to collect personal information about your employees. In an evolving workplace, what information can you legally ask your employees to give you and when can you ask for it? Most importantly, what can you do if an employee...
by JFM Team | Jun 12, 2024
The headlines of the last few years have been full of stories about the underpayment of workers, so the introduction of criminal penalties in the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) for employers engaged in the intentional underpayment of wage and other monetary benefits...