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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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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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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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…
