Are your workers on the right award? Assigning your workers to the right award is essential to pay them correctly. So we’re worried to see some businesses faltering at this first step. Now awards won’t usually be a problem if you run an indie record store or a suburban butcher. But for more complex operations,…
Who’s been caught out by Industry Awards? Looking through Fair Work Australia’s recent investigations, we’ve seen several reports of businesses underpaying staff. In a handful of cases, it’s about shonky operators who deliberately try to get around the Award. Far more often, though, we see business owners who genuinely want to do the right thing,…
Congratulations to Moodie’s Pharmacy in Bathurst, NSW, for winning the 2015 award for Innovation in Professional Services. Also known as the oldest pharmacy in Bathurst, the business was bought in 2003 by its current owner: pharmacist Paul Jones. Disillusioned by what the banner groups were offering, Mr Jones decided Moodie’s Pharmacy would instead become part…