Leave Nothing to Chance
August 06, 2019
Your local schools, restaurants and hospitals all have standards that they must follow. The reason for these standards is simple: to manage risk and deliver high-quality services every time.
Risks when Dismissing Staff
July 30, 2019
It’s essential that terminating a staff member’s employment complies with Australia’s workplace rules and employment law. Unfortunately, many smaller businesses slip-up with how they dismiss their staff.
Performance Management Risks
July 23, 2019
How well your team works together underpins business results. Therefore, managing poor workplace performance is essential, but you must manage it correctly to avoid a range of risks.
Pay Compliance Risks
July 15, 2019
Inadvertently giving staff incorrect pay or entitlements ranks as one the greatest business traps that SMEs face.
Employment Law Risks
July 08, 2019
Unwittingly breaking employment law is a grave risk that many SMEs face. Australian employment law sets down your legal obligations for employing people. The penalties and fines for non-adherence to these laws are substantial. And of course, as the well-used warning makes plain, “Ignorance of the law is no excuse.”
Recruitment Risks
July 01, 2019
When you recruit staff, you take on significant risks – this is especially true in small and mid-size businesses. That’s because SMEs function like HR pressure-cookers. Bad hires and poor performance can bleed directly into customer relationships and staff morale, quickly turning business prospects toxic.
An Overview of Risk Management
June 24, 2019
Your local schools, restaurants and hospitals all have standards that they must follow. The reason for these standards is simple: to manage risk and deliver high-quality services every time.
Ideal GIS candidate keeps high-tech essential services on track
June 11, 2019
To efficiently deliver a wide range of essential local government services, Broken Hill City Council employs a small team of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialists.
A vital GIS Specialist skill… what is IT?
March 25, 2019
What qualities should a GIS specialist have? The same that we should expect in any great candidate – a passion for their discipline and a good background in their specialisation. However, as our technical landscape rapidly changes, GIS specialists need to adapt their skills to keep ahead of the game.
Architects: facing big changes and bigger challenges
March 18, 2019
A recent report on the future skills in Australia, commissioned by Google and produced by advisory firm AlphaBeta, found that architects are facing some of the biggest changes to the nature of their jobs.