It seems it is increasingly less safe to turn up to work each day. Or maybe we are just getting better at talking about it?
According to a recent government consultation paper: after age 35, women are more than twice as likely as men to be working part-time and casually.
I have sat in many meetings over the years and watched the dance of the end between an employer and employee. They’re going through the
A contract protects both you as the employer, and the employee. It allows you to be specific about what you expect of your employee and what happens if it all goes wrong. It is a safety net for you both. It’s different to an award which is the minimum; you need to comply whether you want to or not.
Whilst the issue of what is a “casual” and how do employers balance the need for flexibility with fairness and equity to their employees continues to be debated in the courts and within politics, employers continue to get frustrated.
Perhaps it is understanding that employees have a need to be safe and comfortable. By safe I mean that your boss doesn’t try to lure you into bed against your wishes. And by comfortable I mean that you’re able to access the most basic of human biological needs as needed.
It means creating a communication and engagement plan that ideally dovetails with other people strategies so that it’s a seamless and consistent approach to communication and consultation,
rather than an afterthought in response to employee discontent or grumblings.
The book is about all the bits that go around the negotiation that set a negotiation up to succeed or fail.
Reviews so far We have had lots of interest in our new book: Enterprise Agreements – Made Easy. We shared some of the reviews it
A few weeks ago, I shared our first review of Enterprise Agreements – Made Easy, written by Deputy President Bull of the Fair Work Commission. Since then,
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