Redundancies in COVID-19 times

With Australia experiencing its first recession in almost 30 years, redundancies have been an increasingly common feature within the employment law sphere. While many people have been made redundant for legitimate reasons, many employers are using the COVID-19...
Planning levels for the 2020-2021 Migration Program

Planning levels for the 2020-2021 Migration Program

The Department of Immigration announced the planning levels for the 2020-2021 Migration Program. Net overseas migration will be 71,200 less than the 154,000 persons in 2019-20, but is expected to gradually increase to around 201,000 in 2023-24. Skilled stream was...
Managing Redundancies and Jobkeeper 2.0

Managing Redundancies and Jobkeeper 2.0

As the financial support and workplace flexibility under the Jobkeeper have ceased to apply to many organisations as from the 28th of September, it is important to be able to understand and safely navigate your options including redundancies. Legacy Employers...
4 Steps To Effective Feedback

4 Steps To Effective Feedback

Continuous feedback is one of the most effective ways of improving a person’s performance. In all my years of coaching, I have found that most business owners don’t give their team feedback because they just don’t know how to.Here is a model that when used will...
New labour market testing requirements

New labour market testing requirements

Sponsors who are considering employing overseas skilled workers on a Subclass 457 (Temporary Work (Skilled)) visa, Subclass 482 (Temporary Skill Shortage) visa, or Subclass 494 (Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)) visa must be aware that new labour...
GROUNDBREAKING WAGE THEFT LAWS PASSED IN QUEENSLAND

GROUNDBREAKING WAGE THEFT LAWS PASSED IN QUEENSLAND

The Queensland Government has taken a firm stance on the increasingly prevalent issue of ‘wage theft’ with the passing of the Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Wage Theft) Amendment Bill 2020 by the State Parliament on Wednesday, 9 September 2020. In 2018,...