Welcome to our monthly Workplace Relations Update for Executives On-The-Go.
In this update we cover:
* Sham Contracting…again (BUT, this time it’s personal)
* Another bank under fire – lessons in managing the employee life cycle from recruitment to exit
* Short Content Survey … More February Workplace Relations Update for Executives On-The-Go.
With the Christmas decorations now packed away for another year and the New Year’s resolutions already being broken, we find ourselves facing a new working year and, with it, a raft of legal and regulatory changes and emerging trends in behavior and practice that affect our workplace.
In this blog we cover:
* Paid Parental Leave
* A New Definition of Small Business For the Purpose of Unfair Dismissal
* New Workplace Safety Laws
* Sham Contracting
* Sexual Harassment … More WORKPLACE RELATIONS UPDATE FOR EXECUTIVES ON-THE-GO.
In late 2009 CompliSpace completed an in depth Human Resources Risk Assessment Survey, the initial results of which were published in December in our report Fair Work – The Road Ahead. Since this time over 600 organisations have completed the survey, and the University of Technology Sydney is preparing to release a research paper based on the findings.
CompliSpace would like to invite you to take part in our follow up study Fair Work Act – Down the Road. This new survey is designed to ascertain how well Australian organisations have adapted to the Fair Work system and to assist individual organisations measure the overall effectiveness of their human resources programs. More>> … More Fair Work Act – Human Resources Risk Survey
On 3 June 2010, the Minimum Wage Panel of Fair Work Australia granted its first minimum wage increase. More info on:
* When will the Minimum Wage increase take effect?
* What is the Minimum Wage increase?
* How do I apply the Minimum Wage increase?
* What about the transitional provisions which will commence on 1 July 2010?
* Do I have to apply the Minimum Wage increase?
… More Fair Work’s Minimum Wage Increase – How will this affect my business?
Modern Award Transitional Provisions:
* What are transitional provisions?
* When will transitional provisions commence?
* How do transitional provisions operate?
* When does the minimum wage applicable from 1 July 2010 change again?
* What about non-award employees?
* What if I am still unsure about my employee’s minimum wages … More Step-by-Step Guide for Complying with Modern Award Transitional Provisions
In this blog we cover:
* ASX: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics (Directors’ Trading)
* ASIC Capitulates on Rumourtrage and Handling Confidential Information
* Fat Fingers – You’ve got to be joking!
* Other governance stuff … More Australian Corporate Governance Wrap May 2010
In this month’s blog we cover:
* “Banksters” and the Vampire Squid (aka Goldman Sachs & friends)
* Governance Free Zones Exposed in Corporate Autopsies
* Gravy Train Slows for Financial Planners
* Liquidators Feeding Off Corporate Corpses (aka Senate Enquiry into Liquidators Practices)
* ASX Changes the Rules of Engagement
* Fair Work Transitional Arrangements Deadline Looms … More Australian Corporate Governance Wrap April 2010
This month the Australian Corporate Governance Wrap tackles:
– ASIC Gears Up For a Big Year Ahead
– GFC Fallout Continues
– Class Action Action
– Fair Work Act Still A Mystery To Many
– Bullying Claims on the Rise
– Landmark OHS Ruling Provides Relief for Directors
– Fraud on the Rise
… More Australian Corporate Governance Wrap February 2010
In 2010 CompliSpace will be publishing a series of comprehensive monthly governance wraps starting with this one which covers December/January. For those readers who would like more frequent updates we invite you to follow CompliSpace on Twitter where you will find key media and regulatory feeds and posts on governance items of interest during the day.
So what happened in the governance space whilst most Australians were enjoying the festive season? In this bigger than usual blog we cover:
* ASIC – The Losses, the Reaction and the Resolve
* Confusion Reigns as Modern Awards and Employment Standards Commence
* ATO Urges Crack Down on Sham Contractor Arrangements
* ASX Company Directors Behaving Badly
* ASX Executive Remuneration – Two Strike Rule Softened
* Federal Government silent on AML/CTF Tranche 2 Rollout … More Governance Wrap – Summer Edition December 2009 – January 2010
What are Modern Awards? An award is a legally binding order made by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) which prescribes the minimum terms and conditions of employment for certain workers. Employers are legally bound by the awards that relate to their employees. Whereas previously in Australia there were many thousands of awards operating both … More Step-by-Step Guide for Complying with Modern Awards
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