Public Holidays over the Christmas and New Year Period 2018/2019

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Christmas is such a busy time for the year and with all that is going on you need to also keep in mind what days constitute public holidays.  And most importantly you need to make sure that you pay your staff the right rates at the right times!
  • Monday 24th December 2018: Christmas Eve – from 7pm onwards public holiday (SA and NT only)
  • Tuesday 25th December 2018: Christmas Day – National Public Holiday
  • Wednesday 26th December 2018
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The end of the year is fast approaching and so too is the infamous end of year celebrations such as the company Christmas Party.  After a long and busy year, these celebrations are the perfect time to reward your staff with a fund and engaging event where they can relax a little and enjoy themselves.  However, often these celebrations can go wrong and employees can clown around, drink too much and do and say things they normally wouldn't. Let's drink to be merry can sometimes have dire consequences... If you have heard
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What is 360 degree feedback 360 degree feedback (also known as multi-rater feedback) is a process in which employees are reviewed by those around them at work (hence the 360 degrees) – their managers, peers and sometimes even customers or suppliers. Typically, the process is used to help people with their development, to improve their work skills and behaviours. Some employers use the process to evaluate performance and make decisions about things such as pay increases – which can be controversial.
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Please note that this is information from the previous year.  If you are wanting information regarding public holidays for the remainder of this year (2018) and January next year (2019).  Please click here. As you know, Christmas and New Year public holidays fall on different days of the week each year.  Because of this, there is a question around which public holidays are genuine public holidays for penalty rate pu
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Oprah Winfrey says, “A mentor is someone who allows you to see the light inside yourself.”   A mentor is someone who has experience and wisdom in bucket loads and can help you in navigating the corporate jungle without getting downtrodden or disheartened.  Whether you are a new employee or a CEO, having a good mentor will help you not only advance and excel in your career, but also achieve more positivity in
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Most organisations have an employee who is a key player.  This may be someone who knows the business backwards, someone who is reliable and efficient.   If this person left the business they may leave you with a big gap. If so, you should seriously consider a succession plan. A succession (or exit) plan is a process where an organisation identifies and develops who could replace a key person in the business if an employee was to leave the business or retire. I recently heard of a story, where an employer was left i
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Run Melbourne....here I come!

The time has come - new year, new goals.

The new year is a perfect time to indulge in the process of reflection. Did I achieve everything I set out to in 2016? What did I do this year that I will remember for the rest of my life? What did I accomplish this year that I am proud of?

I started down this winding road of reflection over the Christmas holidays and found it difficult to answer s

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In this post, I’m going to attempt to peel back the curtain on something that most people have heard about, but might not fully understand – the Cloud.

So, what exactly is the Cloud?

Well, that can be a tricky question to answer, as the Cloud can be many things to many different people. Simply put, the Cloud is about making internet hosting accessible to more people. When the internet was first becoming popular, it was very costly to have any sort of presence. You would first have to buy your own hardware
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As the old saying goes… Two heads are better than one!

Finding business system solutions can have huge benefits! Recently HR Central joined forces with MYOB as an Add-On partner. This means that HR Central worked with MYOB to create an integration that will make easy work for our clients on-boarding to HR Central (getting started), as well as tracking leave balances, importing payslips and adding employee information. So what is an integration and what does it do? System Integration can be defined as the pr
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Mindfulness is a hot topic at the moment. An ancient practice that has recently been embraced by Western psychology and is now finding its way into the workplace.  Mindfulness can be found in a wide range of Eastern philosophies, including Buddhism, Taoism and Yoga.  But what is it? I recently attended a mindfulness workshop to find out and here is what I learned.

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness has many definitions but at its core, mindfulness is awareness. It is a practice that involves paying focuse
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