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Association for Talent Development Can businesses say with confidence that the decisions they make place people as their most valuable and important asset?  And can those same businesses say that they do everything they can to ensure their most important asset is kept healthy and safe? It’s definitely a balancing act.  A culture of safety at work is vital, and businesses acc...

1 WORK HARD!!! What a let-down... But the reality is that after all is said and done, if you want to be good at anything, you have to work hard. You also need some natural talent, a good attitude, emotional intelligence and to love what you do, but... you will never excel at anything unless you put in a lot of hard work. I have heard many people who have been successful in a...

The Coalition Government has recently announced that it will seek to criminalise non-compliant and unethical employer conduct. This has arisen in the wake of the recent George Calombaris underpayment scandal and can be seen as an extension of the Government’s general policy position towards the protection of vulnerable workers and further strengthening the audit and complian...

What is a healthy workplace? A healthy workplace promotes a positive workplace culture, minimises workplace risks related to mental health, supports people with mental health conditions appropriately and prevents discrimination. It is about identifying what you can do to promote good working habits, support others and most importantly, look after your own health and wellbein...

The Fair Work Commission’s Minimum Wage Panel (“Panel”) has today handed down its minimum wage decision which increased the National Minimum Wage, together with all Modern Award minimum rates of pay, by 3.0%. The Panel considered the current economic environment and reasoned that economic indicators now point to a healthy national economic environment, strong employment grow...

  There have been many times that I feel like I am making no progress at all.   Worse, it is often a case of the results going in the opposite direction of what I have been trying to achieve!  One thing that I have found for sure though, is that progress is seldom linear and if it is, only for a short time. I enjoy running and my progress in this area illustrates this point....

1. Start at the top and continue in the middle Although employee engagement is a shared responsibility, positive engagement starts at the top. Senior management that are positively engaged can often have a ripple effect on an organisation. All senior staff and management have a responsibility to engage staff which goes beyond just delivering directions and managing work flow...

The recruitment industry has exploded in the last 10+ years providing staffing solutions to thousands of businesses and creating thousands of more jobs across a host of industries.  Recruitment agencies provide the gateway to thousands of permanent full time rewarding positions. More and more businesses are turning to recruitment agencies to identify their Full Time and long...

Like most things in life, a systematic and structured approach to managing key responsibilities (albeit a little tedious at times) frees you up to focus on the stuff that keeps the blood pumping. Whether it’s the regular dental check-up, servicing the car or keeping records for your tax return, life’s that bit easier when you do the small stuff consistently. Unlike personal ...

In the recent decision from the Federal Court of Australia Lacson v Australian Postal Corporation [2018] FCCA 511, the Court has confirmed that if an employee has two clearly distinct jobs with one employer, overtime or other penalty rates under an enterprise agreement are calculated separately on each job, not cumulatively on all hours worked for the one employer. Mr Lacson...