Ending Employment During Probation: What Employers Need to Know

You’ve hired an employee on a six-month probationary period. Four months into the job, things aren’t working out, expectations haven’t been met, and you’re considering ending their employment. You believe you only need...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
October 28, 2026

HR Compliance Is Becoming a Capacity Problem for Growing Businesses

Keeping up with workplace obligations has always been part of employing people, but the challenge for growing businesses is no longer simply knowing what the rules are. It is monitoring regulatory changes, determining...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
October 14, 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...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
August 5, 2026

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,...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
July 8, 2026

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...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
June 24, 2026

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...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
June 17, 2026

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...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
June 10, 2026

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...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
May 26, 2026

Payday Super Starts 1 July 2026: What Every Australian Employer Needs to Know

Superannuation is changing — and the deadline is closer than most businesses realise. From 1 July 2026, employers across Australia must pay superannuation contributions at the same time as wages. Not quarterly. Not...

HR Compliance & Employment Law

Elisia Coetzee
May 13, 2026