Incident Notification Changes announcements A person conducting a business or undertaking must notify their WH&S regulator immediately after becoming aware of a serious...
New WH&S Sexual Harassment & Anti Discrimination Laws announcements There have been some changes to the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld) in relation to the prevention...
Employees Right to Disconnect announcements For businesses with over 15 employees (non-small businesses), the right to disconnect comes into effect on 26th August (for...
July 2024 Closing Loophole Changes announcements In March we advised of new workplace laws through the ‘Closing Loopholes’ changes, refer here. As mentioned, effective 26th...
New Workplace Laws – Closing Loopholes changes announcements New workplace laws as part of the Closing Loopholes changes. These changes recently received Royal Assent after passing the...
Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill announcements No doubt over the various forms of media over the last week you have heard about the Industrial Relations...
Casual Overtime Award Changes announcements A decision by the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has ruled that overtime for casual employees covered...
We’re 10! announcements This year, at HR Business Direction, we celebrate our 10th year of business! Thank you to all...
COVID-19 Further temporary Fair Work Act provisions announcements covid19 For payments in April, there were temporary changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 to help employers who qualify...
COVID-19 Changes To JobKeeper Scheme For No Longer Eligible Employers announcements covid19 In April we advised of the temporary changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 to help employers who qualify...
COVID-19 End dates for unpaid pandemic leave provisions in awards announcements covid19 And here we thought we were done with sending out COVID-19 workplace related announcements. Well, we were wrong and...
2020 Wage Increases announcements It’s that time of year again and whilst what would happen this year in relation to the minimum wage...
COVID-19 The last of announcements covid19 As restrictions ease further and business and life slowly gets back to normal, we too will slowly get back...
COVID-19 Flexibility moving forward announcements covid19 At HR Business Direction we have been talking about Flexibility in the workplace, and you could say advocates for...
COVID-19 Returning to ‘normal’ announcements covid19 With the National Safe Workplace Principles together with the easing of restrictions and employers planning a safe work plan...
COVID-19 Psychological considerations in the physical return to the workplace announcements covid19 In a media statement from the Prime Minister on 24 April 2020 National Safe Workplace Principles were addressed, which...
COVID-19 National Safe Workplace Principles announcements covid19 In a media statement from the Prime Minister on 24 April 2020 National Safe Workplace Principles were addressed. This...
COVID-19 Free Mental Health Support announcements covid19 There is help out there for everyone. There is a 24/7 government funded, free mental health support service, delivered...
COVID-19 We are all in this together announcements covid19 Moving away this week from the industrial relations and workplace health and safety side of the changes that have...
COVID-19 Fair Work Act Changes for JobKeeper Scheme announcements covid19 On the 9th April 2020, the Fair Work Act 2009 was temporarily varied to insert a new part, Park...
COVID-19 Further Temporary Award Changes announcements covid19 On the 8th April 2020, the full bench varied 99 modern awards, inserting a schedule X, as additional measures...
COVID-19 Temporary Award Changes announcements covid19 On the 30th March, the Fair Work Commission has reacted also to the situation we are all in with...
COVID-19 Working from Home announcements covid19 We have been positively surprised as to how many and how quickly businesses put flexible and working from home...
COVID-19 Staff Management announcements covid19 COVID-19, interesting (for a word!) times for businesses (and schools, families, individuals, government, health system and society in general)...
Annualised Salaries Changes announcements The Fair Work Commission had made some changes to 20 modern awards, inserting annualised wage arrangement clauses. These changes...
A sister company to HR Business Direction has been founded, Integrowth announcements We have an announcement we are excited to make! A sister company to HR Business Direction has been founded,...
Our Managing Director is now a Prosci® Certified Change Management Practitioner announcements Change management is the people considerations of any oganisational change. Change management focuses on ensuring all employees embrace the...
Family and Domestic Violence Leave announcements On the 27th July the Fair Work Commission updated all modern awards to include 5 days unpaid family and...
Our Managing Director is a Fellow Certified Practitioner with AHRI. announcements Some time ago now we announced that the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) introduced certification for HR Professionals to ensure...
Specialised HR Recruitment and Mentoring announcements HR Business Direction is both excited and delighted to announce our new service offering, specialised HR Recruitment and Mentoring. ...
Safe Work and Return to Work Finalist 2016 announcements We are pleased to advise of our recent accomplishment of being announced as Finalists for the Qld Safe Work...
2016 Australian HR Award Finalists announcements We are proud to advise that HR Business Direction are finalists in the Australian HR Awards 2016 for the...
Our WH&S Specialist is now a Certified OHS Professional announcements In January of this year we announced that the Safety Institute of Australia was introducing OHS Professional / Practitioner...
Minimum Wage Rates Increases – June 2015 announcements Today the Fair Work Commission announced the results of their annual wage review. They announced an increase to the...
AHRI Introduce Certification for HR Professionals announcements The Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) have just announced the introduction of HR certification through the AHRI Practising Certification...
Safety Institute of Australia Introduce Professional / Practitioner Certification announcements The SIA have just recently introduced OHS Professional / Practitioner Certification to ensure those providing advice have the right...
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! announcements From the team at HR Business Direction, we wish you and your families a Happy & Safety Christmas!...
Paid Domestic Violence Leave announcements As part of the 4 yearly review of the modern awards the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has...
Inspiring Greater Than HR announcements Join us to be inspired and inspire others in our newly formed LinkedIn group – Inspiring Greater Than HR!...
What’s new from 30 June 2014 announcements This 30 June will see various changes of which employers will need to be aware: Wages increase Increases in...
Budget 2014 announcements In its first budget since coming to power, the Abbott Government has made a number of announcements which are...
Workplace Health & Safety Legislation Changes announcements On 3 April 2014, the Work Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014 (amendment Act) was passed in...
Can you rely on your IT policy? announcements case-summaries A recent decision of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission now means that a dismissal based on...
Increase in minimum wage announcements Today the Fair Work Commission announced the results of their annual wage review 2102 – 2013. They announced an...
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