Employee or contractor; full time, part time or casual - these are just some of the labels we place on our workforce. Wrongly categorising your workforce can have serious ramifications. So what's in a name? A heck of a lot writes HR Navigation's Managing Director, Robyn Anderson in the August edition of My Business magazine.    Click to read more.

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Fair Work Australia (FWA) have recently ruled that an independent contractor has access to unfair dismissal after finding the contractor was really an employee.This was despite the fact that the worker (who was engaged to run training programmes on behalf of a training company) had an ABN, submitted tax invoices, was not paid any employment entitlements, determined his own hours and ...

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The Fair Work Ombudsman is turning its attention to franchise networks. In the July 2010 edition of My Business magazine, HR Navigation's Robyn Anderson discusses the IR risks within franchise networks. Click here to download the article

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Following Fair Work Australia's recent criticism of the Small Business Fair Disimissal Code, a new version of the Code has been released today by the Labor Government. The changes follow FWA Senior Deputy President Matthew O'Callaghan's comment in April that the Code was of "dubious value".The revised Code now gives additional information on redundancy and employer responsibilities with regard to ...

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  In the April Edition of My Business, HR Navigation's Managing Director, Robyn Anderson explains how accepting the reality of Fair Work and using it as a basis to overhaul inefficient practices can help you to steal a march on your competitors. Click here to read more 

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Robyn Anderson of HR Navigation writes for the March 2010 edition of My Business magazine. One of the hot issues for employers is dealing with under-performing employees. Robyn discusses how position descriptions can be used to increase employee efficiency.   Click here to read more

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From 1 January 2010, employers and employees in the national workplace system are covered by the new National Employment Standards (NES). Under the NES, employees have certain minimum conditions and the NES makes up the safety net that cannot be altered to the disadvantage of the employee. In addition to the NES, generally an employee’s terms and conditions of employment come from a modern...

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Robyn Anderson of HR Navigation writes for the February 2010 edition of My Business magazine. One of the hot button topics for many years has been the use, or rather misuse, of contracting labour. In this issue Robyn discusses how this is a red hot risk for some businesses.   Click here to read more

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