Why Good Pay Alone Won’t Keep Your Best People
Loyalty isn’t bought with a salary. Discover what actually drives employee loyalty in Australian small businesses, and how leaders can build it deliberately.
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HR for Business Owners Part 4: Probationary Periods, What They Actually Mean
Understand the difference between a probation period and the Fair Work Act’s minimum employment period, with real FWC case examples and how to manage probation properly.
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Signs an employee is about to resign (and the one most leaders miss)
The earliest sign an employee is going to resign is the one most leaders miss. What to watch for, what it really costs and what to do in the next fortnight.
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How to know if your business has outgrown DIY HR
Headcount isn’t the signal. Here’s how Australian business owners can tell when DIY HR is holding the business back, and what the first step really involves.
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HR for Business Owners Part 3: Employment Contracts Explained
What is an employment contract, do you need one, and how do you change it? A practical guide to employment contracts in Australia for business owners and HR teams
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Before you make someone redundant: what the Fair Work Act actually requires
What makes a redundancy genuine under the Fair Work Act 2009? This practical guide for Australian employers covers the three-part test, consultation obligations, redeployment, common mistakes, and recent case law including the 2025 High Court decision in Helensburgh Coal v Bartley.
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Can I terminate an employee for repeated absenteeism?
Can you terminate an employee for repeated absenteeism in Australia? This update explains your legal obligations under the Fair Work Act and the practical approach to support the business, team and employee
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NSW’s new WHS laws now cover how you use digital systems to manage your people
NSW’s Work Health and Safety Amendment (Digital Work Systems) Act 2026 extends your WHS duty of care to AI, algorithms and automated tools used to manage your people. Here is what the law requires and what NSW employers should do now.
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How to Lose an Employee in 10 Days
You spent weeks finding the right person. You wrote the job ad, reviewed the applications, ran the interviews and made the offer. They accepted. And then, without realising it, you lost them before they even got started. It happens more often than most business owners realise. Not because of bad intentions, but because there was…
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HR for Business Owners Part 2 of 12 – The National Employment Standards
In Part 1 of this series, we covered modern awards: what they are, how to identify which ones apply to your business, and why they matter even if you pay above the minimum. In this article, we turn to the National Employment Standards, which sit alongside modern awards as the other foundational layer of your…
