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Post JobKeeper – do you have a plan?
JobKeeper 2.0 will come to a finish at the end of March 2021. And with it, the Job Keeper Enabling Directions that eligible employees could make under the legislative changes that Fair Work released during Covid-19 will also cease. Business who...
Wage Increase 1st February 2021
From 1 February 2021, the 1.75% minimum pay rate increase has taken effect for a whole range of Modern Awards (those in ‘Group 3’). This is the final round of increases from the staggered increases the Fair Work Commission announced in July 2020....
Toowoomba celebrates its businesses in style
The decision to go ahead with the Business Excellence Awards this year was a leap of faith, believing that the Toowoomba business community would endure and that we would want an opportunity to celebrate together. 2020 has been a year where we...
New Casual Employee Bill
The Federal Government has announced it will table its new IR omnibus Bill on Wednesday 9 December, which is set to include a number of changes for casual workers and those who employ them. With 2.3 million casual employees across Australia, this...
Is your business eligible for the new JobMaker Hiring Credit?
The JobMaker Hiring Credit will give businesses incentives to take on additional young job seekers. This will help young people access job opportunities as the economy recovers. The JobMaker Hiring Credit will be available to employers for each new...
And the finalists are…
The team at Focus HR is excited to announce the finalists in the running for the Engaged People Program Bursary for 2021. As naming rights sponsors of the Business Excellence Awards, presented by Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, Focus HR are...
Updates to Modern Awards 1st November 2020
We wanted to give a timely reminder that from 1 November 2020, the 1.75% minimum pay rate increase has taken effect for a whole range of Modern Awards. The most common of these are Building & Construction, Manufacturing, Clerks, Food &...
Proudly announcing the Engaged People Bursaries for 2021
Focus HR – giving away $50,000 in bursaries for 2021! Focus HR, the naming rights sponsors for the Toowoomba Business Excellence Awards, are further demonstrating their commitment to supporting small business in our region. In 2021 Focus HR will...
The Focus HR Business Excellence Awards 2020
We are Focus HR, and we are your people and culture consultants. We help businesses build winning people, winning cultures and winning teams, and we are incredibly proud to be the naming rights sponsors for the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce...
Would you enthusiastically rehire everyone on your team?
What a powerful question right?!? No matter which employer we've asked this question of, it never fails to get a similar reaction. There is the intake of breath to give a quick answer ... then a pause and look of puzzlement ... you can almost hear...
IR Alert: Recent award updates and changes
The Fair Work Commission has issued determinations varying the Aged Care Award, Nurses Award and Health Service Award. The Fair Work Commission issued determinations varying the following awards: Aged Care Award Nurses Award Health Service Award...
Casual Employers – Does this scenario sit a little too close to home?
A small retail business (let's call them Sales Galore) has had a casual employee (let's call him Johnny) for 18 months doing semi-regular hours - around 18 hours per week on average. Over that time Johnny has been paid the 25% casual loading. For a...
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