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Exit Interviews – When the employment relationship ends
Exit Interviews Every story has an ending, and unfortunately your business and your employee will (at some stage) come to part ways. Do not be discouraged, use these experiences as an opportunity to understand how your business can create a better experience for your current or future employees. To uncover
Reducing Employee Turnover
How can you reduce your employee turnover? Attraction and retention are issues facing many businesses. The most successful employers recognise the value of their employees and are constantly looking for ways to retain their best performers. Turnover contributes to higher labour costs and lowers overall business profitability and success. It
Dismissal of Casual Employees
Dismissal of Casual Employees A Fair Work decision previously highlighted that ceasing to offer a casual any work, can constitute dismissal. A casual employee is a person employed on a series of separate contractual engagements and their employment begins and ends with each shift. However, in the recent case the
Unfair Dismissal
How can I avoid a costly claim? The definition of unfair dismissal relates to when an employee’s employment is ended at the direction of the employer and when the reason for the termination is deemed to be harsh, unjust or unreasonable. If a claim brought to the Fair Work Commission
How to offboard employees effectively
While most companies put a great deal of effort into their recruitment and onboarding process, the offboarding process can be just as important in the employee lifecycle. Taking the time to ensure a detailed handover, return of equipment and resources, processing final payments, conducting exit interviews and communicating the departure
Genuine Redundancy – Is it the role or the person?
In the context of an unfair dismissal application, and where an employer is submitting that the termination arose as the result of a ‘genuine redundancy’, it needs to be demonstrated that it is the employee’s ‘job’ that is no longer required to be performed. Redundancy is not intended to be