HR Advice

From July 1, as is the case every year, the minimum wage has been increased – this time by a modest 1.75%. Traditionally, Modern Award rates have also been increased by the same percentage on the [...]

People say there is no such thing as a free lunch. Well, at Wurth HR, we’ve stopped taking our clients out to lunch for obvious reasons. What we’re offering instead is a totally free [...]

I’ve been using this icebreaker in my TAE workshops for years. It’s simple to run and people respond really well to it. Break people into pairs – if you have an uneven number of [...]

There’s been a lot written recently about the above topic. It’s pretty confusing so let’s try to make some sense out of it. Firstly, the change is happening from 1st March this [...]

They say that public speaking is most people’s number one fear. I don’t buy it. Although public speaking always makes me feel anxious I have my own list of what scares me the most: [...]

A recent court finding has meant that personal/carer’s leave for part-time employees needs to be treated differently from now on. The court found that part-time employees are entitled to 10 days [...]

Annual leave is an often overlooked employee benefit, the careful management of which can save your business significant sums of money. Cashing out annual leave Most employees now can cash out [...]

Well, it’s that time of year again (less than 9 weeks until Christmas!) and business owners turn our minds to the year ahead while quietly reviewing the year that has been. How was your year? [...]

The NSW Office of State Revenue has a little known scheme to encourage businesses to fill new positions. Basically there are 2 schemes: If you don’t pay payroll tax (ie your annual salary [...]

Some useful salary thresholds for your HR and payroll teams (all effective 1/7/15): Access to unfair dismissal legislation – $136,700. Maximum payout is $68,350 Highest salary employers [...]