People don’t stay or leave a company because of their skills. They stay or leave because of working conditions – Berrin Erdogan, Harvard Business Review
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SalaryOne has two surveys running this month. The 4th annual WA not-for-profit remuneration survey and our 1st WA Local Government Association salary and workforce survey. The NFP survey covers CEO, executive and manager remuneration. New organisations are welcome to participate for free or pay an annual subscription for full access to the SalaryOne web portal and detailed reports. Contact Julian Keys for more information on the survey, portal and subscription fees.
Save the Date: 2nd Annual HR Insights Seminar for WA not-for-profits, Monday afternoon 12th February 2018. Presented by SalaryOne in association with Pod Consultancy.
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Australian Disability Workforce Report
The Australian Disability Workforce Report analyses NDS benchmarking tools such as: Workforce Wizard and carecareers data to reveal NDIS-related trends in the disability workforce. The first public report shows a sector growing rapidly and experimenting with work arrangements and recruitment approaches.
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Asleep on the Job
New research suggests that sleep is vital to body function. However, only four out of every ten Australians get enough sleep. The Asleep on the Job report uses a careful evidence-based approach to address the economic cost of inadequate sleep in Australia, in order to raise awareness, inform policy and ensure resources are directed towards effective interventions.
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Older Workers Pledge
Many older jobseekers are looking for age-friendly employers with flexible, inclusive workplaces to bring their reliability, loyalty, problem-solving and enthusiasm.The Older Workers Pledge has been developed to encourage organisations to commit to age friendly recruitment, retention and everyday work practices for older workers (over 45). Companies that sign up to The Older Workers Pledge will be recognised as Employers of Choice for Older Workers.
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Male Champions of Change
Male Champions of Change (MCC) Institute works with influential leaders to redefine men’s role in taking action on gender inequality. It activates peer groups of influential male leaders, supports them to step up beside women, and drives the adoption of actions across private sector and government.
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Who holds more than one job to make ends meet? HILDA Survey data show that approximately 7% to 8% of employed people hold more than one job. In the health care and social assistance industry the figure is 11.9%. There has been growth in people using multi jobs as a route to full-time employment. Source: The Conversation
Rostering part-time employees: The Fair Work Commission has rejected a proposal by business groups and St Ives aged care to change Award clauses to allow an employer to roster part-time employee within pre-agreed periods of employee availability. The Award clause reads “before commencing employment, the employer and employee will agree in writing on a regular pattern of work including the number of hours to be worked each week, the days of the week the employee will work and the starting and finishing times each day”.
Tax deduction tip: Three golden rules for taxpayers claiming deductions. (1) You have to have spent the money yourself and can’t have been reimbursed. (2) The claim must be directly related to earning your income. (3) You need a record to prove it. The ATO is paying closing attention to work-related car expense claims. Source: ATO
Salary packaging industry consolidation: On 9th September, Smartgroup Corporation acquired RACV Salary Solutions. This follows their acquisition of Access Pay in May 2017, Selectus in July 2016 and Advantage Salary Packaging in December 2015. Smartgroup Managing Director Deven Billimoria said, “we welcome clients and staff, and look forward to continuing to provide the excellent service that our valued customers have come to expect”.
Source: Smartgroup
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Great Place to Work
Great Place to Work is a global research, consulting and training firm that helps organisations identify, create and sustain great workplaces through the development of high-trust workplace cultures. They believe that organisations that build trust and create a rewarding cycle of personal contribution and appreciation create workplace cultures that perform at their best. You’ll find a whole host of information on their website including data of the Best Places to work in Australia.
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Promise or Pay
Promise or Pay is an online portal that combines the self-improvement approaches of publicly ‘promising’ to meet a goal with placing a ‘payment’ figure to donate to charity as an incentive. Promise or Pay believe that one promise can make a huge difference and that personal promises can drive real, wide-scale social change.
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eRecruitment & Onboarding
BigRedSky is an eRecruitment & Onboarding software service that helps you find talent faster whilst reducing costs, and simplifies the process of onboarding new employees while streamlining compliance and communication.
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G2 Crowd
G2 Crowd is a review platform that provides unbiased information business professionals need to help make buying decisions on software and technology. The platform leverages more than 225,000 unfiltered peer reviews to assist in product ranking and vendor selection process.
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Employee Productivity Averages 2 hours and 53 minutes a day
Source: By Ben Harrrow - vouchercloud
UK’s largest money saving brand has revealed that the average UK office worker is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minute out of the working day. The study, by vouchercloud, which polled 1,989 UK office workers aged over 18, revealed that 79% of respondents admitted that they weren’t productive throughout the entire day.
Respondents cited a number of ‘at work distractions’ to be the cause, revealing the following:
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Well-run organisations
To be well run, not-for-profit organisations should focus on:
1. Having strong leadership, and the rising importance of board and governance,
2. Being clear on the purpose, vision and direction of the organisation,
3. Attracting and retaining quality people.
Source: The foundations of a well-run not-for-profit, Good Foundations
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A great workplace is one where employees TRUST
the people they work for; have PRIDE in what they do;
and ENJOY the people they work with.
Source: Redii, Great Workplaces Tip of the Day
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