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...
There are several ways for an employer and employee to resolve a disputed dismissal including participating in a Fair Work Commission (FWC) Conciliation Conference (a Conciliation) and entering a settlement agreement with the other party. If, you have decided to...
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...
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...
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...
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. Your intention being, at the end of the...
