R U OK? Day 10 September
R U OK? Day 10 September 2020 R U OK? Day is a national suicide preventative initiative that encourages us to take action and ask ‘Are you OK?’ to anyone who might be struggling with life. The current statistics show that over 3,000 Australians die from suicide each year, which equates to 8 Australians a […]
New Webinar Available!
Our most recent Webinar is now available in our Members Only Area. Employee Performance & Conduct Management Webinar Expecting your staff to perform at their best, and comply with acceptable standards of behaviour shouldn’t be too much to ask, however sometimes people just let us down. As an employer/manager it is your job to correct […]
Urgent Changes to Blue Card Coming Soon
The changes to the blue card system will start on 31 August 2020. These changes will affect applicants, card holders and organisations. Important: If you have a paid blue card application in progress when the new laws start, you can continue working while your application is assessed. The changes include: the No Card, No Start law—you […]
CMSolutions News Flash – High Court majority has rejected a Federal Court Decision Re: Personal Leave
CMSolutions News Flash for Federal Members Only The High Court majority has rejected a Federal Court Decision that found employees working longer than standard hours are entitled to use those hours as the basis for calculating their entitlement to 10 days paid personal/carers leave for each year of service. Chief Justice Susan Kiefel and Justices […]
🚨JOBKEEPER UPDATE🚨
🚨JOBKEEPER UPDATE🚨 There has been some updates to the “JobKeeper Extension” factsheet regarding eligibility and how to calculate turnover. You can find the factsheet via the link below, or on our dedicated COVID-19 resource page. https://treasury.gov.au/…/Fact_sheet-JobKeeper_Payment_exte…
Student Free Days for P&C Employees
What is a student free day? Student Free days, also known as pupil free days, are school term days on which students are not required to attend school. Which P&C employees usually work term-time? Employees who may be employed on a term-time basis are employed under either the Retail Operations, Clerical and Administrative or Operations […]
👀Did you see our article on the P&Cs QLD infoplace?👀
The Federal Government has announced a number of significant changes to the JobKeeper program which will commence from 28 September 2020 until the new end date of the program on 28 March 2021. These changes will have a significant impact on employees who are currently receiving JobKeeper as well as operations which have been receiving […]
🚨Superannuation Guarantee Amnesty🚨
Employers participating in the amnesty need to apply by 7 September 2020! On 6 March 2020, the government introduced a super guarantee (SG) amnesty (the amnesty). The amnesty allows employers to disclose and pay previously unpaid super guarantee charge (SGC), including nominal interest, they owe their employees, for quarter(s) starting from 1 July 1992 to […]
🚨Free Training Opportunity🚨
ALL EXISTING workers in Queensland (including Managers & Supervisors) in a CUSTOMER FACING ROLE are eligible for free training under the new COVID Compliant unit “Comply with Infection Prevention and Control Policies & Procedures: HLTINFCOV001″ There is a national Skill Set of this unit designed specifically for different industries: HLTSS00065 Infection control (Retail) […]
Upcoming Webinar – Employee Performance & Conduct Management
Expecting your staff to perform at their best, and comply with acceptable standards of behaviour shouldn’t be too much to ask, however sometimes people just let us down. As an employer/manager it is your job to correct behaviour which is substandard, and provide employees with the guidance which enables them to improve their performance, and […]