Managing Employees with Severe Health Problems
One of the most difficult things HR has to do is to manage employees with severe health issues and/or injuries. In delicate situations such as these, employees must not be made to feel they are being victimised. Instead they must feel that the employer is trying to find the best solution for both the employee and […]
New Era of Employee Engagement
Employee engagement has been a hot topic for well over a decade. More and more organizations are acknowledging and attempting to “do” engagement, yet few have figured out how to move the needle in ways that matter. Some valid questions and concerns surrounding employee engagement include: What does employee engagement really mean? Are engagement measurements and […]
Protections at Work
All employees have protected workplace rights. These protected workplace rights include: Workplace right place Taking or taking part in industrial activity Belonging or not belonging to an industrial association Being free from discrimination Photo by Israel Andrade on Unsplash Employees can’t be treated differently or worse because they possess or have exercised a right, or […]
Understanding the difference between Bullying & Harassment
It’s tricky enough to differentiate between bullying & harassment. As HR professionals it is imperative that we understand the differences and take the correct action to rectify the situation to address the issue to avoid a Fairwork claim. Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash So how do we differentiate between bullying and harassment? […]
When and what is Discrimination?
In every organisation, there will always be difficult employees whom will try to create tension and disruption. It’s not always because they truly have something to mourn or complain about.. they are simply just “difficult employees”. Discrimination has to be against sex, pregnancy, carers’ responsibilities, race, colour, nationality, descent, ethnic, or religious background, marital status, disability, homosexuality, […]
What is the difference between accounting and bookkeeping?
Many people wonder what the difference between accounting and bookkeeping is. Accounting is a matter of analysis. Accountants are charged with examining financial information and presenting what they discover in a format that is useful to a business. Bookkeeping is basically recordkeeping. Bookkeepers’ responsibilities are less complex; they are tasked with entering all the necessary information […]
The importance of bookkeeping: 4 reasons why
The importance of bookkeeping cannot be stressed enough when it comes to running your own business. Bookkeeping is the first step in the accounting process and arguably the most important one. A bookkeeper will compile all financial data – from transactions to wages – and turn them into easy-to-read reports that are ready for future […]
5 signs you need to hire a bookkeeper
At some point, you’ve surely asked yourself – is it time to hire someone to do this for me? The answer is…maybe. As small business owners, we’re resourceful and take pride in doing things ourselves. This resourcefulness is helpful when we start our business as we can minimize costs and run a tight ship. But as our […]
Is your bookkeeper reliable?
There are so many cases of bookkeeper fraud and company theft. How do you know you can really trust your bookkeeper? Especially if you’ve been burned by an in-house bookkeeper in the past (and that’s more common than you might think for small-to-mid-size business owners!) you may not want to put your financial statements in […]
Do You Have Profit But No Cash? Here’s Why…
The primary weakness of some businesses is that their owners conflate profit and cash when in fact neither of them are the same thing. Profit is what your net revenue is – your revenue once you have deducted your expenses from it. But it’s also something that’s on paper and not necessarily something you have on […]