by David Reddin | Aug 25, 2020 | Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration
When COVID-19 appeared on the global stage, a lot of people hoped it would be an insignificant bump in the road. Infections would plateau and fall, and things would get back to normal before we knew it. But as 2020 begins to wind down, uncertainty feels like a way of...
by Lyn Cole | Aug 24, 2020 | COVID-19 resources, HR, HR Services | Comms
In recent news for all businesses in Victoria, from 28 July 2020, employers are now required to notify WorkSafe Victoria immediately on becoming aware that an employee or an independent contractor or a contractor’s employee has received a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis...
by Lyn Cole | Aug 21, 2020 | Covid recovery, COVID-19 resources, Culture, HR Services | Comms
The Fair Work Commission has announced that paid pandemic leave be paid to employees who are employed in the aged care industry and who are covered by the Nurses Award 2010, Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 and Aged Care Award 2010. Our friends at...
by Lyn Cole | Aug 19, 2020 | Assess | Train | Coach, Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration, Sales
If you walk into any decent bookstore and know where to look, you’ll find plenty of titles for the enterprising salesperson. There are new voices coming out all the time, with new ideas and new angles, adding to a long lineage of motivational wisdom for...
by Lyn Cole | Aug 13, 2020 | Career Transition, Consulting, HR Services | Comms, Job search, Recruitment | Exec Search
In the depths of a pandemic-related lockdown, what could be further from a manager’s mind than recruitment? Australia’s unemployment rate jumped to a 19 year high (7.1%) in June of 2020, with the nation’s economy shrinking around the same percentage in Q2. A lot of...
by Lyn Cole | Aug 10, 2020 | Consulting, Culture, HR Services | Comms, Inspiration
COVID-19 will bring lasting changes to the Australian workplace – this idea gained steam in the early days of the crisis, and seems to solidify with each passing news cycle. Even when the virus is finally vanquished, the collective appetite for remote work will...