Should you be worried about Privacy Act changes?

If you think that Privacy Act changes that came into effect on 12 March 2014 do not apply to your business, you may be right. The Privacy Act protects personal information handled by large businesses and health service providers of any size. However the Act may also apply to a small business if it has an annual…

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How recent Fair Work Act changes affect Employment Relations

How recent Fair Work Act changes affect Employment Relations

As of January this year Modern Awards and new enterprise agreements are now required to consult with employees regarding changes to their working hours and/or regular roster.  These requirements have been added to what previously was applicable to ‘major workplace change’ as a result of the amendment laws to Fair Work Act 2009. For the…

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What is shaping Victorian workforce? Jobless rate highest in more than a decade

What is shaping Victorian workforce? Jobless rate highest in more than a decade

In line with the national rise Victorian unemployment rate increases by 0.1 percentage point to reach 6.4 %  as announced by ABS last week.  There are now 197,000  people without jobs in Victoria. It gets worse for seasonally adjusted numbers as the unemployment rate jumps up to the highest since January 2002. This hardly came as…

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Hire at your own risk. Recruitment Strategies for small business

Hire at your own risk. Recruitment Strategies for small business

If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs This quote popular with recruitment agencies sums up the value of recruitment strategies to hire the right person for the right job in one short, snappy line.  BRW’s Fast 100 Survey cited the biggest frustration for business was staff recruitment and specifically finding the right people….

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What is Induction and does it affect your bottom line?

What is Induction and does it affect your bottom line?

Staff recruitment is a lengthy, costly and time consuming process. A new employee is becoming a part of an existing group dynamic, corporate structure and culture. Don’t short change yourself by investing into the recruitment of a new business resource, by following up with a substandard staff induction process.

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Get your staff sorted now and keep the holiday cheer :)

Get your staff sorted now and keep the holiday cheer :)

Flexi Personnel are here to help you through busy holiday season of 2013. Successful holidays depend on having enough well-trained staff to handle the additional workload you might face this busy time of the year. It’s likely you’ll have extended hours, more customers, more orders which means increased demands on your staff. That’s why at…

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Are you looking for the ideal venue for a meeting, conference or training?

Are you looking for the ideal venue for a meeting, conference or training?

We’ve got one for you conveniently located in Laverton, close to public transport, freeway and local shopping centre. Our training rooms are versatile and can be configured to meet your specific needs, whether it be supporting staff engagement or boosting employee performance. We have rooms that can accommodate small groups (maximum of 14) to large…

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Recruitment for skilled labour is notoriously unpredictable with large projects driving the availability of skilled workers.

Recruitment for skilled labour is notoriously unpredictable with large projects driving the availability of skilled workers.

With fluctuating demand, it’s often difficult to plan the workload ahead: one day you may have urgent need for 10 workers and then no work for 6 months. In this environment, maintaining your own casual pool of quality workers can be very time consuming. That’s where we come in to provide the required labour hire…

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Staff Engagement in Australia is at an all time low

Staff Engagement in Australia is at an all time low

A shocking number of the Australian workforce are disinterested, feel unappreciated, can’t be bothered putting in their best, or want to quit. They are not ‘engaged’. An “engaged employee” is one who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about their work, and thus will act in a way that furthers their organisation’s interests. According to…

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