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Significant Changes to the Professional Employees Award

The Fair Work Commission has recently amended the Professional Employees Award 2020 (the Award) to include: the entitlement to be paid overtime or receive time off in lieu of overtime for working in excess of 38 hours per week; penalty rates for...

Biggest myths about strategy.

With over 11 years of experience in helping clients create, execute, improve and achieve their strategies, we’ve heard it all. There are many truths, half truths and porky pies told about business strategy that often leave business owners and...

What is strategic planning?

Strategic planning is about assessing the current state of play, reflecting, and looking ahead all at once. It’s about getting out of the everyday and getting into a strategic mindset so the short, medium and long term goals you set are setting...

3 reasons strategy is important for business.

Every business leader serious about running a thriving business needs to give attention, focus and time to nurturing their strategic plan. At Focus HR, we believe strategy is important for business for 3 main reasons. Strategy establishes direction...

New Bill Alert – Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill 2023

The Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill 2023 was introduced to Parliament on 29 March. The Bill proposes a number of amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) including: The right to superannuation in the National...

Remember the people around you

Our amazing little team has gone through a big transformation in the last couple of weeks (big for us anyway!). We've said farewell to Eloise (more on that in a moment) and welcomed 3 new faces. When you consider that we have a small team of 8,...

Changes to Paid Parental Leave

The Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022 passed on 6 March 2023. Key changes to the Paid Parental Leave scheme include: Extending parental leave pay from 18 weeks to 20 weeks from 1 July 2023, with...

When it comes to the employee experience, relationships are key

If you look at the unemployment rate trend line published by the ABS, you’ll see a steady hover between 5 and 5.5% from September 2018 to March 2020; then a spike to 7.5% by June 2020 (we all know what happened there); followed by a rapid plummet...

Zombie Workplace Agreements on notice

Article courtesy of Smart Company Businesses reliant on more than 100,000 zombie agreements have been put on notice by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), thanks to a massive spreadsheet of ageing workplace agreements set to automatically dissolve at...