May 2024

May 2024 has Employee Matters launching our first solo online event for the year. The webinar on 30 May hosted by Natasha Hawker - GAICD tackles the 5 Reasons Your FY25 Budget Needs to Centre On Your Employees. Be sure to register early and don't miss out on this opportunity to start FY25 on a positive and informed footing.??

?This month’s update includes:

• Implementing Employer-Paid Parental Leave - Advice on introducing your own Employer-Paid Parental Leave Scheme.?
• Webinar Invitation - 5 Reasons Your? FY25 Budget Needs To Centre On Your Employees - Join us on 30 May as Natasha Hawker guides you through? the importance and positive impacts of investing in your employees and their people management.?
• A profile on David Brown - one of our skilled General Managers and most experienced Employee Experts.??
• A free checklist download: What do I need for my new hire's orientation??

As always, please get in touch for a Free Discovery Session if you'd like to talk about your HR and Recruitment needs.

The Employee Matters Team

Business owners are currently facing some serious economic headwinds. After listening to our clients, it is clear it’s critical that business owners and people leaders? take the time to understand the importance of investing in their employees and their people management and approach FY25 on a positive footing. Join us for this online session to learn how and why taking an employee-centred approach to your budget is vital to surviving & thriving in FY25, including:

• How to restructure - not fracture - your business
• The importance of finding and keeping your A-Team
• The hidden price of cutting costs
• The ROI of investing in engagement
• The financial risks of delaying action on ER changes

Register Here

Where does Australia rank in terms of Paid Parental Leave?? It is fair to say that when it comes to Paid Parental Leave (PPL), Australia was late to the party. Before the first scheme was introduced in 2011, Australia was one of only 2 OECD countries who did not have such a scheme. Even now, many would suggest that our paid parental leave scheme lags behind many similar economies (with the notable exception of the USA).? Read on for complete article.

Natasha Hawker was an expert guest on Channel 7 Sunrise for the fifth time this year, on this occasion to again discuss the Right To Disconnect; a hot button topic for 2024. There has already been a tribunal hearing for an early case and employers must pay attention to avoid being exposed to fines, not to mention unhappy employees.? Click Here for the Sunrise video clip