Planning for the implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in your workplace Updated as at 12th March 2020 At the forefront of Australian and worldwide news, are the reports of a pandemic spread of a novel infectious disease (in this case the…
5 ways for your business to be HR ready for Christmas As always, Christmas is creeping up on us fast. Before you know it, you have a long list of urgent matters to deal with before the end of the…
What did we learn? In July, some of our team attended the 2019 HR Summitt in Melbourne with a wide range of exhibitors and presenters, including Australia Post, Accor Hotels, Spotify, The Workplace Lawyers, Gold Coast Health and Reward Gateway…
5 EOFY HR Questions for Small Business As the end of financial year rushes towards us, Small Business owners are bombarded with a to-do list as long as their arm. But it is essential to think about your human resources…
The ‘Barnaby effect’ or How to manage an office romance A week before the Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, hit the headlines for having an affair with an employee, one of my HR clients asked me how to manage an…
5 Non-Financial Ways to Motivate Employees As much as you would like to motivate employees by giving them more cash (and I am sure they would love that too), the reality is that financial restraints can mean there is no…
Have you thought about Christmas yet? Is your business ready for Christmas? At Strawberry Seed, we are already talking to our clients about 2018. But first, we need to get through Christmas! With so many competing priorities, HR issues can…
Minimum Wage Increase As a business owner, you need to make sure you are paying your employees correctly. It is not uncommon for us to come across a business that has unintentionally allowed their wages to slip below the award. After several…
Minimum wage increase 2017. What does it mean for you? Effective from 1 July 2017, the minimum wage will increase by 3.3% making the new national minimum wage $694.90 per week or $18.29 per hour. This is the perfect time…
Why don’t managers take workplace bullying seriously? There are many positive reasons for employees to move jobs. Career advancement, better location, more money. I am struck by the number of job seekers that are leaving a company due to workplace…
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