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Changes to Flexible Work Requests – 6 June 2023
The Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill next round of changes are due to take effect on 6 June 2023, including provisions which will result in more employees being able to access flexible working arrangements. The key changes are an expanded scope for...
Prepare for Minimum Wage Rate & Superannuation Changes
Fair Work Minimum Wage Decision Pending It is that time of year again … we are starting to monitor the discussions and potential outcomes of Fair Work’s decision on changes to the national minimum wage. Decisions are typically released in...
6th June 2023 Deadline for Zombie Agreement Notification Letters
If you are an employer with a have a pre-2010 agreement that covers one or more employees (also known a ‘zombie agreement’), you are required to notify affected employees in writing about the sunsetting of the agreement. You must do this before 7...
Group Strategic Planning Workshop
A clearly identify and articulated vision, purpose and goals empowers owners to align their team and maintain a laser-like focus on the bigger picture. Owners who are effective at strategic thinking and implementation planning create an...
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...
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