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I wante advice on how to get back into IT after eight years away. I could have picked up a job in hospitality very easily- but I wanted to work in an area I actually enjoyed once again. While it's not the gub's job to find something for somebody in my position, I would have appreciated being...

It was a combination. She had been travelling for 18 months so therefore had not been employment for 12 months continuously. But, as mentioned, my problem with the system is not so much the money (although it was rather unfair on her), but more a matter that employment assistance is not...

My daughter couldn't get at all before she went to study more- because, even though she was 20 and had been overseas for 18 months, she was a "dependant", and our assets were apparently enough so that she could not get benefits- and certainly no study assistance. The money in itself was not...

For me, this was 10% on the top of casual rate. I didn't have sick leave or annual leave- but I still had superannuation. Any employee was given the choice of casual or permanent. Very few chose permanent. The higher rate up front was well worth forgoing other benefits. It possibly cost me a...

That's a good idea. Generally the employer will pay more- the company providing the employees has to make money- but it does remove a layer of complexity. Not just to do with workplace relations- but also payroll, which can include a number of different sorts of leave and superannuation to...

People have complained about the Gen Y youth in a work environment. But, as somebody who has employed a great many of them, I have a great deal of respect for many of them as workers. There are some who just don't work out- or who don't work- but those don't keep their jobs for very long. In...

Years ago my parents bought a small IP- a terrace house in North Melbourne when it was just becoming dedodgified. But after problems with dodgy tenants they sold it for a very small profiy.

Peter It's there to protect people from being sacked without cause- possibly on the spurious complaint of somebody who just doesn't like somebody else. I once came damn close to being sacked for spurious reasons- I kept my job only because my supervisor took the trouble to find out the true...

The law is quite clear on what you should do. If the offender is on probation you may sack. Otherwise you must give a warning to the offender. Ensure it's a written warning. If the behaviour is repeated you are in your rights to sack. With up to 40 employees at any one time, it is...

I'm not sure Australia Post's reputation has ever been very high. That aside, it's not a sackable offence to be bad for reputation. As an employer the solution is simple. Warn. Then sack if repeated.

I'm not sure Australia Post's reputation has ever been very high. That aside, it's not a sackable offence to be bad for reputation. As an employer the solution is simple. Warn. Then sack if repeated.

I was answering China's statement that the employees were stealing and therefore should be sacked. I don't condone what they did. But if the empoyer had previously stated that porn cannot be sent they would have been able to sack. Of if they had been previously warned they could have been...

If they sacked anybody who used email of phone for private purposes in work time there would be no more workforce.

All they're saying is that they should have followed the rules. Warning given. If offence is repeated then the sack. They are not condoning porn in the work place- but the rules for fair dismissal were not followed. Also no consideration was taken of many years of unblemished service.

I didn't know that. However our business would not have fitted into the criteria. I sent out 100 payment summaries for two shops- there was a lot of overlap. Most employees are part time.

While we're complaining about things that suck about being an employer. Superannuation. Firstly it's going to get higher. 9% to 12% in the next few years. Secondly you have to deal with a number of different superannuation companies since the government legislated free choice. And super...

Attractive as that seems, that may not work for me. The subs would be a little stale by the time they arrived in Australia.

On the other hand, if an employee leaves without notice, there's no real action which the employer can. It is not legal for an employer to withhold any pay unless the employee has employer's property (perhaps uniform or keys)- and employees very rarely ever fail to return these. I've had an...