HR Connect

03/06/2024

🇦🇺 PSA: Minimum wage to increase by 3.75% from 1 July 2024

What does it mean?

For award-free employees this means the new minimum wage will be $915.90 per week (based on a 38 hour week) or $24.10 per hour.

Casuals are entitled to a 25% loading on the hourly rate.

Young award-free employees (those 20 years and under) receive a % of this rate, depending on their age.

For award-covered employees the new minimum wages will be set out in the awards themselves, and the Fair Work Commission will publish “draft determinations” of the new award rates shortly.

Look out for a factsheet by Employment Hero coming out tomorrow!

27/03/2024

Our experts have created a free classification guide to provide clarity on the following topics:

💡 Correctly classifying employees – why is it important?
💡 Who does the SCHADS Award apply to?
💡 What are the four industry sectors / streams under the SCHADS Award?
💡 Employee classification levels
💡 How to decide which classification level applies to an employee
💡 Pay points
💡 SCHADS employee classifications summary

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Download a free SCHADS Award Classifications guide to understand where your business falls under the Award.

20/03/2024

📢 Minimum wages set to rise for aged care workers in the Aged Care, Nurses and SCHADS Awards.

On 15 March 2024 the Fair Work Commission issued a decision to increase the minimum wages of aged care workers covered by the Aged Care Award 2010 (Aged Care Award), the Nurses Award 2020 (Nurses Award) and the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (SCHADS Award).

Learn more: https://bit.ly/43tByfQ

On 15 March 2024 the Fair Work Commission issued a decision to increase the minimum wages of aged care workers covered by the Aged Care Award 2010 (Aged Care Award), the Nurses Award 2020 (Nurses Award) and the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (SCHADS Award).

13/03/2024

💡 Recently, the Fair Work Commission made two amendments within the Hair and Beauty Award in order to make certain provisions clearer and easier to understand. These changes impacted how the award displayed the weekend penalty rates for casual staff and the way in which pay rates for junior staff were described.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3TxCBrD

The Fair Work Commission recently made a number of amendments to the Hair and Beauty Award in order to make these provisions easier to understand. Our blog outlines which aspects these changes impacted and exactly what these alterations are.

06/03/2024

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29/02/2024

📚 When does training need to be paid?

Although it is important to check whether any modern award (or enterprise agreement) that applies to the employee has special rules about payment for training, as a general rule of thumb, employees will be entitled to payment for any mandatory training, whilst attendance at training that is non-mandatory (ie purely voluntary) would generally not have to be paid.

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In this blog we look at mandatory and voluntary workplace training, and discuss when this does (and doesn’t) need to be paid

20/02/2024

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14/02/2024

📢 Part 2 of the Closing Loopholes Bill 📢

Following Part 2 of the Closing Loopholes Bill being passed by Parliament on 12 February, there are significant changes to employment law on the way including a new ‘right to disconnect’ for employees, and changes for engaging casual employees and independent contractors.

These developments will affect every employer in Australia, making it critical that businesses understand what’s coming.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OFR4yQ

The Closing Loopholes Bill, officially known as the Fair Work Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 was introduced by the Government last year. The Bill was split in two parts with the less controversial parts of the Bill approved by Parliament on 7 December 2023.

31/01/2024

💡 Employee engagement is a significant contributing factor to business success.

Employees that feel motivated in their roles are likely more inclined to perform to a higher standard – often demonstrating higher rates of productivity, satisfaction, and happiness in the workplace.

As a result, it is no surprise that employee disengagement can pose a major risk for businesses to manage.

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: Employee disengagement can have a severe impact on overall business success but it can also lead to significant performance and conduct concerns if left unaddressed. In this blog we explore how to manage disengagement, as well as processes for addressing performance or conduct if this arises.