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…
5 Recruitment Tips for Small Business Every day I hear both sides of the story in regards to recruitment. Business owners complain that they can’t find (or keep) quality people. Career clients share stories about terrible experiences applying for jobs…
In 2015, fitness clothing brand Lorna Jane found themselves in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. In case you missed it, Lorna Jane posted an advertisement for a Receptionist/Fit Model listing some precise criteria. These included asking for a woman…
Workplace lotto syndicate – risky or rewarding? In 2015, a controversy regarding a workplace lotto syndicate was splashed across the headlines. In a case that has only recently been decided in the Supreme Court, Geelong transport workers sued a former workmate…
Is your Social Media use putting your job at risk? According to Twitter, users are sending 500 million tweets per day. At the time of publishing, statistics on Facebook show it has 936 million active users per day. So in…
I was surprised when I turned on my computer the other morning to find a post on a local Facebook Group for a new player in the market offering a very similar service to Strawberry Seed. Now, there are a…
I recently sat down to plan for 2015 and asked myself what I learned in the last year. I really can’t believe how different things look after 12 short months. Here are the 3 things I have learned. 1. Life…
Bullying has received a lot of media attention in the last six months. In particular, the Anti-Bullying Laws that were effective from 1st January 2014 have received a lot of publicity but how do they affect you as a small…
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