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Probation ain’t what it used to be
Latest News & Events One of the most common questions that we get asked is what an employer needs to do if they want to dismiss a new employee during their probation because it isn't working out .... our answer might surprise you. If I sack someone when they are...
Annual Wage Review 2025 decision announced
Latest News & Events The Fair Work Commission has announced the Annual Wage Review 2025 decision which is to increase the minimum wage and award wages by 3.5% from 1 July 2025. No surprise here This is just what we predicted - not a hard one given that the ACTU...
FWO publishes underpayment remediation guide
Latest News & Events We have one of the most complicated systems of employment and wages regulation in the world and we now have a criminal offence of wage theft and greatly increased civil penalties that you can be sanctioned with if you get it wrong. So what do...
Dealing with the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment
Latest News & Events As people will be aware, there has been a huge amount of publicity on the subjects of sexual harassment and gender inequalities in recent times and there are significant changes that have happened or are about to happen in multiple...
The results are in – what next?
Latest News & Events The Albanese Government has had a landslide victory at the federal election - so what does that mean for employers? One thing that this resounding election victory for Labor signals is that we have certainty about what the future of federal...
What are the big HR issues for SMBs in 2025?
Latest News & Events Hey everyone, 2025 is already shaping up as another big year of legal change so we are running a free webinar to give you the heads up on what the big issues are this year. Headlining that list is the new criminal offence of wage theft and...
More award changes from Aged Care Work Value Case
Further changes with the Aged Care and SCHADS Awards happening from 1 January 2025 – wage increases, changes to award coverage and new classification structures
Changes to entry level award classifications
Latest News & Events The Fair Work Commission has undertaken a review of entry level classifications in 45 modern awards and that is resulting in some key changes. What's changing? The Fair Work Commission has decided that, where entry level provisions in modern...
Free webinar on Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code
Latest News & Events We're kicking off our free webinars on "Navigating Fair Work, Modern Awards, Positive Duties and all that people stuff" in 2025 with a timely one on the new Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code designed to help you ensure that you...
Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code released
Latest News & Events Wage theft becomes a criminal offence from 1 January 2025 but small businesses will have some protections if they comply with the Voluntary Small Business Compliance Code which has just been published by the Fair Work Ombudsman. What's...
Industry Specific Redundancy Schemes 2
In the first of our blogs on industry specific redancy schemes, we explored ones that have a different definition of a redundancy. In this one, we look at ones which have higher levels of redundancy pay than the NES provides for or which have specific redundancy provisions for small business employers. dudancy schemes, we explored ones that have a different definition of a redundancy. In this one, we look at ones which have higher levels of redundancy pay than the NES provides for or which have specific redundancy provisions for small business employers.
Wage theft becomes a criminal offence
Latest News & Events The next element of the Albanese Government's Closing Loopholes changes to the Fair Work Act substantially up the penalties for underpayment of wages and entitlements with a new criminal offence of wage theft. What's changing? From 1 January...
Videos
Episode #2: Understanding the Fair Work System and The Players
Latest News & Events In the second of our 2024 webinar series on "Navigating Fair Work, Modern Awards, Positive Duties and all that people stuff", we look at who all of the regulators and other agencies in the system are, what they are each responsible for and...
Episode #1: The Biggest Era of Change in Employment Law Ever
Latest News & Events The first in our "Navigating Fair Work, Modern Awards, Positive Duties and all that people stuff" webinars designed to help small to medium businesses in understanding our system of employment law, their obligations as employers and where to...
Navigating the biggest era of change in HR ever
Latest News & Events 2022 to 2025 is seeing more changes in employment law, modern awards and compliance requirements than we have ever seen in Australia. This video provides a roadmap of what is happening and when for Victorian employers and employees.CONTACT...
Positive duty on psychosocial hazards
Latest News & Events Last year, the Federal Government passed legislation to impose a positive duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment. Additionally Safe Work Australia published a model Code for Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work and State and Territory...
Fair Work Facts – New Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave
From 1 February 2023, Australian employers with 15+ employees have an obligation to provide all National System employees including casuals with 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave per annum – smaller businesses have that obligation from 1 August 2023 – here are the basics.
A Positive Duty – What you need to know
Latest News & Events In this video, we explain the new positive duty that will up the ante on employer's compliance obligations on sexual harassment, discrimination, victimisation, racial vilification and workplace mental health.CONTACT US Ridgeline Human...
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