Most of us know, as a permanent employee, we are entitled to 10 working days of paid personal/carer’s leave for each year of employment. We also tend to be clear that we can ask for evidence that our employees required this leave because they; couldn’t work due to illness or injury, or needed to provide …
Can an employee use their paid personal leave for elective surgery? Read More »
This year, Seed partnered with the Life Pharmacy Group – a group who locally own independent pharmacies across NSW and the ACT. The Life Pharmacy Group is dedicated in providing the best healthcare and customer service for all the communities they serve. As the year draws to a close, Seed had the chance to sit …
Here at Seed People Consulting, we like to take time to reflect when we can. The end of the Financial Year has provided us with that opportunity and reminded us of some of the great learnings and opportunities we’ve had over the past 12 months. In particular, we wanted to share with you some great …
Have you ever noticed that you may have some really great ideas and strategies for the future of your business (or the business you work for) and the potential of these ideas and strategies fail to reach their full potential? When you reflect on this, it’s like because the people required to bring those new ideas …
CH-CH-CH-CH CHANGES: IS YOUR BUSINESS ON THE RIGHT PATH FOR CHANGE SUCCESS? Read More »
Welcome to Seed People Consulting! Do you consider yourself a true HR generalist, ready to move out of the corporate environment? Do you love balancing a variety of projects, from inception to delivery? Do you crave working in a team without the red tape, where your input and results are more important than the 9-5? …
Bravura Solutions is an Australian organisation, who have expanded their business to become a leading global supplier of software and professional services. With over 1,000 employees across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Europe, Africa and Asia, Bravura Solutions continue to create and deliver cutting edge solutions to their clients. Recently, Seed sat down with Global …
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) recently announced their compliance priority areas for the 2019/2020 year. The FWO’s priority areas are generally the target industries and/or types of employment which the FWO will focus on for compliance during the year. Read more to know if you’re in their sights …
The Seed People Consulting team are bringing you a guest blog from our friend and colleague, Amanda Gascoigne. Based in the hunter region, Amanda is a consultant and mentor to accounting practices all around Australia. She is a fellow Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and for 18 years, had her very own successful accounting …
Fair Work Decides Yesterday, the Fair Work Commission handed down its Annual Wage Review 2018-19 decision, for Australian employees whose wage is determined by the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and Modern Awards. The upshot is that employees whose wages are determined by the National Minimum Wage (eg. Award-free employees covered by the National Employment Standards) or …
NEWSFLASH: National Minimum Wage increases by 3% Read More »
Loophole closed Recent amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) have closed a loophole used by employers in underpayment proceedings against the FWO. Previously, employers were able to avoid litigation with via a loophole where due to their lack of record keeping, the FWO could not present sufficient evidence in court to prove underpayments …
