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Are Discrimination Laws Secretly Hurting Women?

Sheryl Sandberg’s recently published book “Lean In” has been described as the modern manifesto for women in the workplace. I can also attest that it offers just as much value for men. Despite having worked both with and for women for decades the book gave me a clearer perspective the unique challenges and difficult decisions women face while managing their careers. “Lean In” also highlights a significant issue faced by employers when it comes to how to retain female employees who decide to…See More

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Are Discrimination Laws Secretly Hurting Women?

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Your Questions on PPL - Answered!

Apr 17

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Your Questions on PPL - Answered!

Last week’s webinar on Paid Parental Leave (PPL) & related entitlements was a huge success! We had a record number of participants and loads of questions, so many that our lovely solicitor Leila created a factsheet which provides much needed answers to all your PPL queries. You asked questions such as:● How does the Government ensure that employees are on unpaid leave with the company?● Can an employee apply for a second…See More

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Are you Prepared for the Super Contribution Increase?

Superannuation is a crucial part of an employee’s benefits package and is heavily regulated, so when changes are proposed to superannuation legislation, employers need to be fully educated and prepared. In 2012, the Federal Government announced a potential increase in employers’ obligatory super contributions, with this legislation set come into effect on July 1st of this year. This is just one part of the “Stronger Super” reform and whilst it may be daunting for employers, July is fast…See More

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Small Business Pays a High Price for Discrimination

A small business offering shoe and leather repair, key cutting and engraving services in Perth has been ordered to pay a former employee $6,200 in damages for discrimination on the ground of sex. This followed two earlier Federal Magistrates Court and SA IR Court decisions to award the same employee over $35,000 in compensation and penalties.The employee was dismissed shortly after lodging an underpayment claim, for which she was awarded $7,000 plus $650 interest.The employee was the sole…See More

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Small Business Pays a High Price for Discrimination

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4 Crucial Steps for Effective HR

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4 Crucial Steps for Effective HR

Effective human resource management doesn't need to be over complicated. In fact, if you can just get the fundamentals right then you are well on your way to growing a successful business and employment culture.Read on to discover the steps and tools to help you achieve them in your business.1. Build a solid foundationNo solid structure can be built on unstable ground. Your contracts and other employment documents are the foundations of your employment platform. This means employing people…See More

Feb 20

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Is this the end of the 9-5?

What’s on the horizon?The Labour Government has proposed changes to legislation around requests for flexible working arrangements, but insists that employers will still have the right to refuse these requests on reasonable grounds. The proposed changes will affect parents returning to work after parental leave, meaning they could also request increased flexibility under the Fair Work Act.This also means that employees with a disability, those over the age of 55, carers, or victims of domestic…See More

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Dr Tim Baker commented on Ben Thompson's blog post Performance Reviews – What are we Getting Wrong?

"You mention that when performance reviews are done well they boost morale and so on. How often are they done well? Very rarely in my opinion. Abolish them. And replace wit another system such as…"

Feb 11

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Performance Reviews – What are we Getting Wrong?

There was once an employee at a software company, let’s call him “Bob”. Bob was a top-performing software programmer, very rarely away from his desk, quiet, reserved and an ideal employee in many respects. Bob’s performance reviews were near perfect; his employer gave him praise for the speed, accuracy and efficiency in which he performed his work.Then it turned out that Bob was in fact outsourcing…See More

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What would you like to share about yourself?: I am the Chief Executive Officer of Employment Innovations (EI), I'm also a qualified solicitor with a passion for business.
My career started at the Sydney Futures Exchange as well other financial institutions and I have been closely involved in some of the UK’s best known dot com start ups and initial public offerings.
I returned to Australia in 2002 to add legal services to the family business, EI.

Company website/blog: http://thinkei.com

Personal blog: http://blog.thinkei.com/

How many employees in your company?: 50-99

What areas of HR are you particularly passionate about?: I'm a self confessed geek and thrive on creating innovative solutions that combine employment and technology to help Australia’s employers.