Coronavirus has got every business urgently assessing what it could do to help employees work from home if needed. In fact, even before the current crisis, many companies were realising that homeworking can be just as effective as office-based working for both the business and their employees. And HR leaders can do plenty to help facilitate a smooth transition now as well as providing support for home workers in the longer term.
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- Human Resources
The Australian Government announced with the 2018-2019 budget changes that it was extending the concessional tax treatment of genuine redundancy early retirement scheme payments to align with the current age pension qualifying age.
- Topic:
- Human Resources
Two new rules impacting employees classified as “casual” have come into effect in recent months.
In this article, we discuss the two new rules; the new casual conversion clause and the Fair Work Amendment (Casual Loading Offset) Regulations 2018. Both of these rules came into effect late last year. We also discuss the impact this has on you as an employer.
- Topic:
- Human Resources
