The HR Cartel Podcast

Happy New Year - let's focus on business improvements as we name 7 different limitations you must identify and remove from your workplace/business this year. These limitations cause bottlenecks, confusion, frustration, and turnover, and all of these things occurring will cost you money, time, clients, and may result in losing your best people. Check out www.workplaceas.com for more info.

Change is afoot, it's relentless and more is coming. This is going to make employment relations and workplaces very high-risk for 2024 and the years ahead. We break through all off the noise, and bring Employers the top 3 HR/IR factors you must be ready for, before 2024 takes hold. We make the number 1 recommendation, we explain the number 1 opportunity, and we provide the number 1 risk for Senior...

Tim gives you all the reminders you need right now - working from home, public holidays, leave in advance, and employee debts. As promised in the episode, follow the link below where we detail the 78 Modern Awards that were amended, allowing your employees to go into debt with you for annal leave in advance. Go to www.workplaceas.com to submit queries or suggestions. For Annual Leave in Advance Ru...

We talk about the tell-tale signs that leaders are lacking the capability to drive a business, create standards and maintain good performance. Listen in, and if anything sounds familiar, it might be time to step into the leadership team and set things back on the right path. Go to www.workplaceas.com to reach out or download some performance management tools.

After the Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA) National Conference, Tim shares the "Industrial State of Play" for Aussie businesses, for the foreseeable future. We discuss the volume of claims lodged against employers, sexual harassment and discrimination in Australia and the success rates of claims and damages. We disclose what the Government, the Fair Work Ombudsman, th...

Disputes are a necessary part of humanity, but from an HR sense, employers are often focused on following procedures they can rely upon, should a dispute become a legal claim. Many disputes have to follow that formal path, but a lot can be handled in a different way, getting a faster result, in a far less painful manner. Go to www.workplaceas.com for downloadable tools you can start using right aw...

Our government, the Union movement, Bankers and Billionaires are not going to provide the answers to end Australia's productivity woes. SMEs, the backbone of Australia are the ones who can lift productivity higher, and frankly, are probably the only ones with the resourcefulness and courage to do it. Go to www.workplaceas.com to get our complimentary employee performance tools, start using them to...

Not all Fair Work Commission claims deserve the same level of fear employers automatically experience, when they receive that dreaded notification. Jurisdictional objections exist, where the employer's response can tell the Commission the claim simply cannot proceed. So, what are jurisdictional objections, and how do you know if you can declare one exists? Listen in... Go to www.workplaceas.com fo...

We look between the lines of the Labor Government's 'closing the loopholes' bill, and see the real agenda influenced by the ACTU. We touch on the QANTAS issues, and how their troubles present a significant HR problem. Go to www.workplaceas.com to download free HR tools, and more.

This section of the Fair Work Act is only 6 short lines long, but it's the single most frightening clause for all employers. This clause is why the Fair Work Act seems unfair to employers and stacked in the favour of employees. Find out why employers feel this way, and what employers must know if they're to stand any chance against all allegations that may be raised against them. Give this podcast...

Jason Sessarago is the CEO of MOB (the Men Of Business Academy). MOB is a Not For Profit organisation, a school for disengaged boys, and a Gold Coast based movement changing education for young men that would otherwise be left behind. Jason is a Board Director of multiple organisations, and has held a CEO seat for 8 years. Jason shares the story behind the scenes, and we discover that values and b...

This episode discusses a simpler way to set up and utilise incentives and bonus payments to bring about high-performance and retention, in a modern workplace where employees want and expect increased earnings. Go to www.workplaceas.com to hear more, download free performance tools, or get in touch.

Michelle Cirson - Director of "Tricks of Your Trade", Construction Adjudicator, and Qualified Lawyer. We share information about the construction industry, contractual and payment disputes, and we also get personal on stories from our past about Union conduct, and how today's Industrial Relations changes are impacting the construction industry and wider sectors. Michelle Cirson on Linkedin - https...

Our guest, Tanya Abbey, is a CEO, Mentor, Head Hunter and all round great human. CEO of Recruitcorp (www.recruitcorp.com.au), CEO/Founder of Placeme.com.au , Board Member of ALTRU, and volunteer for Headspace and the Qld Government's "Mentoring for Growth" initiative, Tanya shares insights across today's workplaces. As always, check out www.workplaceas.com for more episodes, advice, and tools.

In this episode, we give a reality check to leaders who are willy-nilly throwing around pay increases, another Fair Work Act amendment, and we discuss some new tricks the Unions are using in their Agreements to favour Union members and delegates. See more at www.workplaceas.com

Can you truly lead? Is your workplace leadership style serving your business, or doing harm? Leaders that know all about this particular detail are able to organise and design teams exceptionally well, and lead them all to success. Don't complicate leadership with bullsh*t theories.

How to find your bottom 10% of staff, move them up, or get them out of the business. Learn some ideas about getting performance back into your workplace as a key focus, and get more out of your workforce.

Hear about my huge (and hilarious) error in judgment, plus how and why employers are using company structures to get around Industrial Relations laws, Unions, and productivity restraints.

The business community, ACTU and the Labor Government have entered talks to refine Same-Job-Same-Pay, Master Builders calls it a "sham consultation", and why productivity in workplaces isn't going to be any better for some time.

Employer Groups commence their fight against Labor and the ACTU, we review some IR updates, and David Koch's company executives get told to 'eat a !'

When this financial controller paid herself money, she had no entitlement to, the fight landed in the Fair Work Commission. Hear the factors that are worth knowing so you can see the signs in your own business, and deal with treacherous conduct as soon as it happens, before it costs you thousands.

Two True Stories! The Unlucky Cucumber and the Secretive CEO. Dive into the archives of the HR office, listen to these two weird stories and take away lessons of how to handle the outrageous workplace issues you may find yourself faced with, some day soon. Go to www.workplaceas.com to find free downloadable employee performance tools and book a consultation to get HR and IR advice today.

Guess how much just one single Union was fined for breaking workplace laws in the last 5 or so years... I'll wait... Will the Labor government bow down to this Union and scrap the Fair Work Ombudsman? Is the Ombudsman even worth the millions it costs the tax payer? Head over to www.workplaceas.com for free employee performance management tools, consultation bookings and all HR/IR support.

In this episode, we discuss the 3 major changes to workplace law that will drive up the cost of running a business in Australia. We'll talk about the real impact the Government's changes to legislation will have on millions of businesses, the Unions' motivations, and what to prepare for in 2023. Go to www.workplaceas.com to book a consultation with the host, raise questions, or download free tools...