As Australia heats up temperatures are expected to rise above 35 degrees, so how are bosses keeping their teams cool? Thermal comfort plans include using fans to expel hot air, casual-dress policies (ties off, shoes off) and other more novel tactics, such as buying ice-creams and having the local Mr Whippy visit, or providing soft drinks and passes to the local swimming pool are all cool ideas.
Recently there was a lot of publicity about the Federal Court case in which a casual was awarded back payment for Annual and Personal Leave. This led to concern that all casual employees could potentially ‘double dip’ and receive highly hourly rates as well as leave entitlements. There was a lot of press about this and many of our clients were extremely concerned about cost spiralling out of control.
On behalf of everyone at Impact HR, thank you to all who attended the 3-hour virtual Workshop on the 29th April. We hope attendees made some fruitful connections during the workshop and learned something new about leading in an increasingly complex COVID-19 world by, developing confidence in leadership skills to build teams and businesses for success now and after post COVID-19.
The Fair Work Commission has announced the minimum wage increase for 2020 which applies to all Modern awards. Minimum wages across all awards will increase by 1.75% with varying effective dates depending on which award employees are covered by.
SpeedGas has been operating for over 25 years with the head office located in Brookvale, Sydney. Originally selling helium gas to shops and promotional companies, large retail outlets and corporate customers the business has over the years expanded and diversified into associated equipment and consumables to the market.
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