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Kirsty Peters
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Navigating the Festive Season: A Guide to Workplace Social Functions
Christmas party season is fast approaching, and with it comes the inevitable wave of work social functions. While these events can be a...
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Kirsty Peters
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Staying Ahead of the Curve: Key Employment Changes - Casual Shakeup, Right to Disconnect & Contractor Clarity
New regulations impacting casual employees, the right to disconnect, and contractor classification are on the horizon. Here's a...
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Kirsty Peters
Feb 7, 20241 min read
Navigating Probation: Balancing Fairness in Employment Termination
In a recent case presented before the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW, the termination of Tulshi Shrestha during his probationary...
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FiveStar HR
Nov 3, 20222 min read
New 'Respect@Work' government website, and managing Sexual Harassment at the Office party
With the Australian government launching its new Respect@Work website - I thought it was time to provide a much-needed primer to the...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20222 min read
The importance of Position Descriptions
SO - do you have up-to-date, clear Position Descriptions (PD) for every role? Really? Honestly? If you don’t – how can you be sure that...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20182 min read
Casual Employees - 5 Steps to Ensure Compliance
Following a well publicised decision in August 2018 (Workpac v Skene), employers who relied on ‘casual’ labour were concerned that,...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20182 min read
7 tips for better interviewing technique
With the employment market in Sydney so tight - I often get asked to help my clients with recruitment. My clients are typically...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20161 min read
New Legislation - Family and Domestic Violence Leave
Effective from 12 December 2018, all employees (including part-time and casual) are entitled to unpaid family and domestic violence leave...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20162 min read
New Financial Year - Changes you NEED to be aware of
I don’t normally do legislative pieces in my blog, as I know there are many places you can get this information – but as it’s the New...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20162 min read
HR Update from your helpful human resources consultant!
The financial year is rapidly coming to an end and I’m sure everyone is incredibly focused on trying to ensure it ends as positively as...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20162 min read
Handling Sexual Harassment at Christmas
Christmas is-a-comin’ - and we all like to throw a good staff party. All too often, however, businesses just don’t understand the risks...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20162 min read
Five Tips for Starting new staff
2012 is here, and hopefully you’ve got big plans to grow your business - I know I have! One of the most common issues I notice working...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20162 min read
Does your business attract and retain talent?
Fascinating stat no.1: Of over 700 major organisations studied as part of Bernsin & Associates 2010 study in Talent Management in the US*...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20163 min read
10 Tips to avoid an Unfair Dismissal claim
Freyens and Oslington found that the average cost to an employer for settlement prior to hearing (not including payout) was $9780. Where...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20123 min read
Workplace Bullying: up to $36BN in lost productivity - and 4 Simple steps to prevention
The Productivity Commission estimates workplace bullying is costing the country $6 billion to $36 billion a year. In May 2012, the Prime...
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FiveStar HR
Oct 25, 20123 min read
Why the Greek Olympic team needed some Five Star HR
I Some may remember the regrettable incident of Greek Triple Jumper, Voula Papachristou’s racist tweets back during the 2012 Olympics. As...
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