Last post, we explained how high staff turnover can cost your business thousands of dollars. Not to mention staff who stay on your books, but mentally check out.So how do you keep good people engaged? Here’s a few strategies to get you started. Pay your employees well If you can afford to pay employees above…
Penalty rates are a hot topic in Australia right now. Retail and hospitality operators are feeling the pinch as rates for weekend staff keep climbing. So it’s easy to see why reducing staff can seem a good option for boosting profitability. Fair Work Australia is reviewing awards as we speak, including what your staff should…
Do Generation Y employees really deserve their reputation? We often hear Gen Y described as flighty. Unreliable. An overly large sense of entitlement. We wanted to find out how widespread that perception is, so we spoke to Adam (not his real name), an assistant manager at a Canberra-based childcare centre. Adam works with a large…
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…
Congratulations to Samantha Kourtis and the team at Charnwood Capital Chemist who had a well deserved win of 2014 QCPP Pharmacy of the Year. The award was announced at the Australian Pharmacy Professional conference (APP) on the Gold Coast. Charnwood Capital Chemist was named the Innovation in Professional Services category winner AND was then judged…