A recent article circulating in HR news highlights the pitfalls of inadequate workplace training. The story centred on a company that believed it had taken the necessary steps to protect itself but faced unexpected consequences when Fair Work Australia ruled against it. What happened? An employer terminated an employee for what it deemed “totally unacceptable” […]
It has been a busy year already for employers to manage changes in workplace regulations and events impacting business. New Annualised Hours rules for some Awards, more proposals by the government to deal with underpayments and Wage Theft and the impact of the bushfires and currently of COVID-19. But the pace does not let up […]
New Book, “Ego, Authority, Failure”, Teaches Business Leaders How to Become Better Managers by Using Hostage Negotiations and Empathy Tactics Natasha Hawker, managing director of Employee Matters and author of From Hire to Fire & Everything in Between, explains why Gaunt’s book is a valuable tool for business managers: “I believe that most managers struggle […]
By Morgan Howard In the media lately, we hear A LOT about bullying and harassment cases; disturbing accounts of incidents and events that have happened to people within their workplaces and employers that have had to pay large fines as a consequence of these events, often occurring without their direct knowledge. At Employee Matters, […]
Last month, Australian mainstream and social media lit up with reactions to suggestive comments made to a TV journalist by a well-known cricketer. What he thought was just ‘having some fun’ was interpreted by many as a blatant case of harassment, and the pressure many women feel to stay quiet and ‘just ignore it’. A […]
It’s the biggest secret all managers want to know – the Holy Grail if you will. How do I get more out of my employees? An extra 10% effort on their part would make the world of difference and potentially add 19% to the bottom line – but how do I organise this? Well let […]