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Blog: HR Insights & Articles

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Managing people and compliance isn’t simple — especially when HR isn’t your day job. Our articles break down complex workplace issues into clear, practical guidance.

Drawing on real client experience and deep knowledge of Australian workplace relations, Strategic HR Australia shares plain-English insights to help business owners, managers, and HR leaders manage compliance, risk, investigations, performance, and culture — with confidence and clarity.

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Performance Issue or Misconduct? How to Choose the Right Management Process

When an employee falls short of expectations, managers often reach for familiar tools: a conversation, a warning or a Performance Improvement Plan. The problem is that a PIP is not the right response...

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Performance Management & Employee Productivity

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • September 16, 2026
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Why probation reviews break down as you grow, and how to fix it

In a business with five or ten people, the probation review usually works. The owner hired the person, worked alongside them every day, and knows exactly what they’ve delivered by the time the...

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Performance Management & Employee Productivity

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • September 2, 2026
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Before You Recruit Again: Is the Real Problem a Skills Gap?

“We need to hire someone.” It is a familiar conclusion when a growing team is stretched. Work is backing up, managers are carrying more than they should, deadlines are becoming harder to meet,...

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Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • August 19, 2026

When an Employee Resigns: What Business Owners Get Wrong About Offboarding

When a staff member hands in their resignation, most business owners immediately focus on the practicalities. Who will take over their work? How quickly can a replacement be found? How do we keep...

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HR Compliance & Employment Law

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • August 5, 2026
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Fair Work Claims: Why AI Is Changing the Risk Landscape for Australian Employers

The same AI tools that businesses are using to draft HR documents are being used by employees to find the gaps in those documents. That is not a prediction. It is happening now,...

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HR Compliance & Employment Law

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • July 8, 2026
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AI-Generated HR Documents in Australia: The Compliance Risks Your Business Needs to Understand

AI can draft an employment contract in minutes, or even seconds. It will look structured, professional and thorough. But that is precisely the problem. The risk with AI-generated employment documentation is not that...

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HR Compliance & Employment Law

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • June 24, 2026
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Before You Update Pay Rates: 6 Things Employers Should Review Before 1 July

The Fair Work Commission’s 2026 Annual Wage Review takes effect from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026. Award minimum rates increase by 4.75 per cent, while the National...

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HR Compliance & Employment Law

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • June 17, 2026
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SCHADS Award overhaul: what the new classification structure means for employers

On 1 June 2026, the Fair Work Commission handed down a decision that will fundamentally reshape pay and classification across Australia’s social, community, home care, and disability services sectors. The [2026] FWCFB 137...

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HR Compliance & Employment Law

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • June 10, 2026
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SCHADS Award sleepover shifts: what every NDIS and community services employer needs to know

If you employ support workers under the SCHADS Award, the rules around sleepover shifts have changed. Not once — but twice in quick succession. A landmark Federal Court ruling in March 2026 clarified...

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HR Compliance & Employment Law

  • Elisia Coetzee
  • May 26, 2026
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Important Update

From 1 April 2026, minimum wages will go up and the classification structure will change for some employees working in the health industry who are covered by the Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2020 (Award).

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