Essential must have document and processes. If you employ people to work in your busines in Australia. Or, risk having to pay penalties.
Many you can get FREE
Under the Fair Work Act and National Employment Standards use the checklist to see what you must provide your employees with:
- E.g.: Pay slips including hourly rate or salary,
- A copy of the Fair Work information Statement.
If you don’t the risk of penalties is high. They start at approx. $18k per occasion. That’s a lot of profit lost. So, use the checklist and see if you have provided what you must to follow legislation.
For most businesses now you must also follow Safe Work Australia regulations too. Use the checklist to see if your business is following those regulations too.
You must be aware of these:
- The National Employment Standards
- The Fair Work Information Statement
- The Casual Information Statement
- Fixed term contract statement
- The Modern Award applicable to your industry and your employee’s
- Work Health and Safety Laws
- Psychosocial Hazards
Important to have:
- Important to have
- A set of company policies and procedures. Why? So, if anything does occurr at your business, with your employees you have evidence. It’s only evidence if you can demonstrate your employees are aware of them.
- They are an important tool. To guide your employees on acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. If you don’t have any you leave your business open to further penalties.
- A work health and safety risk assessment
- Insurance for workers such as workers compensation insurance
If you would like a complete, up-to-date book of company policies that you can customise to become your HR Manual, you can purchase it from me.
What Our Customers Say
I have been working with King HR Consultants for the last couple of years and have appreciated Sonia’s open, honest. And thoughtful outlook to working with me and my business. As a First Nations business owner we have added complexities of working and walking between two worlds. That can need a culturally sensitive approach. Sonia is always fast to respond while also taking time to help me understand complex HR matters. I am particularly annoying with my busy diary but Sonia has always found a way to work around it. Highly recommend reaching out to Sonia rather than struggling on on your own when HR matters are getting on top of you.
Dr Daniele Hromek
Director Founder, Djinjama
“We engaged King HR Consultants early 2023 to help with our team of employees. We met with Sonia, the founder and were impressed with how down to earth, kind, and friendly she was. We have a diverse team from administrative people to truck drivers, transport workers and landscape yard people. So, it was important that the people we engaged could relate to anyone. Sonia was not afraid to get her hands dirty, would arrive in steal cap boots and could speak the right language to anyone to engage them.”
Steve and Cheryl Read
Owners, SJ Read Transport and Haulage
How I help. I can help you in three different ways. With customised for your business HR services.
HR Consulting
Customised HR support for you and your employees. On a project or on a retained basis. We are here to help you drive profits in your business.
Recruitment
Save your precious time and let us hire your next team member for you. You can focus on running your business. We will do the grunt work for you.
Facilitated dispute resolution
Let’s face it, conflict is part of life. It’s a time and energy drain. We can mediate any workplace issues for you.