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Strategy and Schooling
I was reflecting recently on my university days. They were some of the best days of my life. I know that at the time I felt stress and pressure to deliver assignments on time, memorise text books for exams, and the constant challenge from the...
Piece-rate Decision – Horticulture Award 2010
In a finding handed down late Wednesday 03 November 2021, the Fair Work Commission has ruled that workers picking fruit on a piece-rate must be guaranteed a minimum wage under the Horticulture Award. This finding was based predominantly on the...
Stop Sexual Harassment Order Powers Given to Fair Work
From 11 November 2021, a worker who has been sexually harassed at work will be able to apply to the Fair Work Commission for an order to stop the sexual harassment. This brings the treatment of sexual harassment into line with the approach taken...
QLD Vaccination Restrictions for Unvaccinated People
From 17 December when Queensland is forecast to reach the 80% double vaccinated milestone, hospitality and entertainment venues including festivals will only be permitted to allow entry to patrons and employees who are fully vaccinated. Read the...
Follow our 4 Day Week Journey
Focus HR has been on a journey to implement the 4 Day Week, achieving 100% productivity, in 80% of the time, with 100% pay. It's not about compacting 38 hours into four days. It is about being truly efficient at what the business does so that...
Converting the Sceptic – Naomi
I had a conversation with Alistair about the 4 day week again. He knows that I am a sceptic, he knows that I've got fears around it. And he also knows that I am absolutely open to those preconceptions being challenged and for my scepticism to be...
Initial thoughts – Eloise
When Alistair first mentioned the idea of a 4 day work week my mind immediately went to longer hours, more work and increased stress and pressure. I wondered if it was possible - could we achieve the holy grail of the 4 day work week? And if we...
Pitching to the Team – Naomi
We had the discussion with the team where Alistair pitched the 4 day week concept. I say 'pitched' but he was very careful not to be 'salesy'. He presented to the team on the Andrew Barnes model of the 4 day week - what the challenges were, what...
After the Pitch – Eloise
Walking into this meeting I was in two minds, full of questions and open to the possibilities. By the end of Alistair’s pitch, I felt I had some clarity around what a 4 Day Week was, how it worked and its success. Everyone in the team was feeling...
Making a (realistic) Plan – Naomi
So we've had our next session on planning out how to do our 4 day week. And one of the things that's making me more comfortable is that we are taking quite a planned approach to this so we are looking at how do we do it in such a way that we are...
The Road Map – Eloise
I walked into this meeting with a notepad full of questions. I think my biggest hesitation, or the things that I thought would hold us back from achieving the 4DW was our ability to effectively value and manage our time, planning our capacity and...
What is our Motivation? – Naomi
We had an interesting conversation yesterday about why are we even doing a four day week and it seems odd to have that conversation six months after we first started talking seriously about implementing a 4DW, but it's a valid question. We've got...
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