Staffing

Unemployment high a symptom of “rigid” IR laws

Posted on February 25th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
As employment issues make headlines around the country, entities privy to the challenges of employers and employees bemoan “rigidity”. Last month’s jobless figures reached 6.4 per cent – the highest since mid-2002 – as the Productivity Commission’s reputed wide-sweeping review

App technology makes recruitment more Workible

Posted on January 23rd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Recruitment is often cited as one of the most taxing and time-consuming aspects of running a hospitality business. A company called Workible has struck upon the concept of leveraging the power of social media and smartphones to simplify the process

Penalty Rates & Small Business: Why it’s time for change

Posted on January 19th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
By Bradley Woods – CEO of the Australian Hotels Association (AHA) WA Whether politicians like it or not, laws cannot be legislated free of future obsolescence, because change is inevitable. Australian penalty rate laws are obsolete because the social and