Archive for: June 2010

The word feedback in the workplace is often perceived as a negative, Managers also tend to hesitate to provide feedback when it’s performance review time. Let me clarify, feedback is one of the most powerful tools in a business, if carried out constructively it can produce a sharp increase in productivity, and consequently a brighter outlook for sales and profit.

Here are some tips for making the conversation easier: 

1. Describe the behavior that is concerning you objectively

2. Express how you feel about …

Are you paying  your staff correctly?  From 1 July 2010 the national minimum wage has increased.  Here is the overview:

The national minimum wage replaces the Federal Minimum Wage.

From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2010 the national minimum wage is …

A number of workers in Sydney’s western suburbs have been reimbursed more than $170,000 after recent routine audits and investigations by the Fair Work Ombudsman found they were underpaid.

The largest recovery was $25,000 for a Leppington storeman who was underpaid his minimum hourly rate, pay in lieu of notice and annual leave entitlements.  In a separate case, a Blacktown tradesman has been reimbursed $17,000 after he was underpaid his minimum hourly rate, penalty rates for …