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The Process of Hiring International Casual Workers in Australia Hiring foreign nationals allows Australia’s employers to access skills that are not available locally. Combining such international skills with those of the natives has become an effective way of dealing with the skills gap challenge most organisations face. However, the process of…

Happiness at work Monitoring the mental health and well-being of workers, and attempting to manage stress factors, is crucial for any workplace. The well-being and happiness of an organisation’s employees is in everyone’s best interest. Not only is it important for employees to feel good at work for it’s personal attributes…

Your growing business & why you need to induct: Any growing or established business will have a series of goals and objectives put forth by its leaders to be achieved through the course of operations in order to be successful and high functioning. In order to achieve bigger goals short term objectives, tasks…

Rapid Inductions with Induct For WOrk Let’s start with understanding what inductions are and why they are important Inductions are a type of training necessary to the commencement of employment of any employee, contractor or volunteer. It is the training provided to new workforce by the employer or company which discloses the…

WHS Workplace health and safety – what you should know What does health and safety in the workplace mean? Workplace Health and Safety (WHS), otherwise known as Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) demands the evaluation, mitigation and control of risks that may impact the health, safety or welfare of those associated with your…

One of the most important things to verify before hiring workers, is whether the employee can legally work in Australia. This is because an employer who takes on a worker that cannot legally work in Australia may face legal consequences, including penalties and fines. To legally work in Australia a…

Contractor Compliance Contractor Compliance is the state of acting in conformance with the predefined and agreed rules or guidelines. It’s common for contract compliance to mostly deal with the adherence regarding equal opportunity policies and regulations. The significance of Contractor Compliance and the relevant documents should be concern and priority to…

avoiding workplace accidents Statistics estimate that workplace injuries cost Australia’s economy around $60.6 billion annually, which is 4.8% of the total GDP. Apart from the worker being incapacitated to continue earning a living, businesses are sometimes forced to pay fines amounting to thousands of dollars. While industries such as mining and…

ISO EXPLAINED Standards exist for a reason or more of them. They make sure businesses and organizations meet certain requirements to provide optimal service or products to clients and customers. At the same time, they regulate the industry to ensure fair trade, manufacturing, sale, and what not. Standardization is an important…

Contractor inductions Normally, the cleaning sector is perceived as insignificant, yet it rakes in around $4 billion for the Australian economy. It also employs more than 62,000 people all over Australia. The law requires that all employees, contractors and sub-contractors get inducted so that they are no danger to themselves or…