The Direction – June 2016 Edition

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Note from our Director

Welcome to our June edition of The Direction – inspiring you towards maximising performance and productivity of your team.  We hope you like the look but don’t worry it still includes all the inspiration it did before!  This month has a compliance flavour.  Please let us know if you would like to know more.  You can contact us on 07 3890 2066,  admin@hrbd.com.au or any of us individually.

Leisa

 

Inspiring thoughts…..

4 Benefits of an Independent Workplace Investigation – Whatever your industry, there will always be incidents that occur in the workplace.  Whether large or small, it’s important …. Read more

Everything you need to know – Appealing a Workers Compensation Claim –  So your insurer has made a decision about a worker’s compensation claim, but you disagree with it.  What do… Read more

Why a focus on people is Integral to Mergers & Acquisitions – Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) happen for many different reasons and in businesses that have employees, the people within these .… Read more

Get your board on board with Workplace Health & Safety – The amount of times we have encountered Board Members or Business Owners who are completely in the dark about their obligations… Read more

 

Industry News

The Productivity Commission has recommended the introduction of an Enterprise Contract aimed to fill the gap between individual employment contracts and collective agreements, pitched at small to medium sized businesses.

 

Case Summary

A Queensland forklift driver who broke his employer’s “golden rules” by operating his vehicle while a customer was in an exclusion zone has failed to convince the Fair Work Commission….Read More

 

Clients

We are once again proud to have helped another client.  We have recently completed a number of activities with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography in Melbourne, and look forward to the continuing relationship…. Read more

 

Announcement

We are pleased to advise that in March, David Musso joined the team here at HR Business Direction as a Director.  David has already brought a wealth of experience and different perspective to us and we look forward to more to come.   Read more

 

Looking for more inspiration….

Join our LinkedIn group – Inspiring Greater Than HR and join in the conversation.  Be Inspired.  Inspire Others.   Greater than HR.  Some recent discussions:

  • Get the right people on your family business bus
  • An interview with family business HR guru Tim Pointer
  • Where have all the Mangers gone?
  • Are you training the wrong people?
  • Enterprise Contracts