News | 30 August

Below are a series of important articles from Ridgeline HR in August/September 2021 keeping you up to date with the latest HRM news and tips…

New Fair Work Information Statements

The Fair Work Ombudsman has recently published a new version of the Fair Work Information Statement (FWIS).

It has had a bit of an overhaul to better set out the different entitlements of full-time, part- time and casual employees and to add recent legislative amendments with respect to casual employees. Read More…

High Court flips decision on casuals

The High Court recently handed down a unanimous landmark ruling overturning recent decisions of the Federal Court to award nominally casual employees leave entitlements.

Those Federal Court decisions involved labour hire employees on fly in fly out back-to-back contracts with rostered hours and pre-booked accommodation of 6 to 12 months aggregating to over 2 years of continuing employment in each case. Read More…

Managing family in business

It is not easy running a business today and neither is raising a family. So what happens when you are trying to do both in the family business?
Many Ridgeline HR clients are family businesses and many of them hope that their businesses will prosper through successive generations of the family.

But the reality is that that isn’t easy to achieve – the competing pressures of business and family responsibilities often prove too much and can be damaging not only to the business but also to family relationships. Read More…

New HR Coaching

Ridgeline HR’s Peter Maguire has an extraordinary range of experience in HRM across lots of different functional areas and industries. With strengths in creativity, humor and leadership, Peter is also highly innovative and fun to work with. What more would you want in a coach to help you grow your HR capabilities and career? Read More…

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