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Strathfield business Moorey Meats was able to recruit a first year apprentice butcher within two weeks, thanks to the streamlined service provided by the Western Sydney Industry Apprenticeships Project.
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Government regulations introduced on 14 September 2009 require all standard business sponsors of subclass 457 visa holders to pay their overseas workers market salary rates.
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Can they take legal action against me for retrenching them?
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Has your company been hit hard by the economic downturn? Are you looking at laying off workers on 457 visas? If so you need to be aware of your obligations as an employer.
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Unsure whether you can take on or keep your apprentice? Generous additional incentives are available to employers to employ and train trade apprentices.
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Industry environmental scans provide detailed intelligence on the current and emerging national skilling and employment needs in 11 major industries.
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How are skill and employment requirements in your region changing? Environmental scans can help you to plan to meet emerging business needs in your local area.
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Perhaps you have been approached by someone who is not an Australian citizen or permanent resident and would like to work for you. What are the questions you should be asking?
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Employing a trainee has made the world of difference to the Ropes Crossing
Skilling and Employment Centre, an initiative of property developer, Delfin
Lend Lease.
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The Pathway to Employment Program provides NSW Business Chamber members on the Mid North Coast of NSW with access to a pool of motivated job seekers to meet skills shortage and staffing needs.
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Businesses in rural or regional areas can attract newly qualified staff by
employing a university student on a short-term placement before they graduate.
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If your business is experiencing difficulty filling a skilled job vacancy, sponsoring someone from overseas through skilled migration could be the answer.
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Does your business need an independent one stop shop to connect you with
jobseekers ready to take on an apprenticeship or traineeship?
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The National Skills Needs List identifies trade occupations in national skill shortage that attract extra financial incentives for trade apprentices and their employers.
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A ground breaking study, 'Matching Workplace Skills to Business Needs' has
found that red tape and a lack of customisation in training packages is
creating a major bottleneck for Australian businesses wanting to train staff.
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Productive skills of people with disabilities
People are living longer; and as we get older we acquire some form of
disability. These disabilities increase as the years pass, yet most are
invisible - only five percent of people with a disability use a wheelchair.
Twenty percent of the Australian population, about four million people, has
one or more disabilities.
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Expatriate employment issues – a warning for employers
Human Resource professionals in many industries are faced with a daunting
workplace when you consider skilled labour shortages, according to some
reports.
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Are you winning or losing the talent war?
Finding and retaining good staff is becoming harder and harder. Organisations
are increasingly looking to develop cultures that are decent to work in, so
that they may edge forward in the talent war – in attracting and retaining
employees. Positively influencing staff is one way to develop an environment
and culture where people want to do well and want to stay.
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The benefits of an ageing workforce
While most business owners or managers are aware that Australia's population
is ageing and this may have an impact on the available pool of labour and
skills that will be available to small businesses over the next decade, many
have not had the opportunity or the time to identify strategies or succession
plans to address the issue.
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Business Learning Networks - Expertise, experience and new found enthusiasm!
Despite recent figures indicating birth rates in Australia are now increasing
the fact remains more Australians are leaving the workforce than entering it.
In response, the Government announced in the last budget the creation of the
Mature Age Employment and Workplace Strategy (MAEWS). NSW Business Chamber is
pleased to be working with the Government by establishing Business Learning
Networks, in the Ballina-Tweed and Canterbury-Bankstown regions.
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Staff development - how to help your people learn
'People are our greatest asset' is a familiar statement made by businesses.
Logically, therefore you would expect businesses to invest heavily in time and
resources in the ongoing learning and development of their people. However
this is not always the case.
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Staff training - how to develop staff skills and expertise
Well-trained employees at all levels of your organisation are integral to
achieving your business objectives and raising your business performance. Your
staff need up-to-date skills and best practice methods to do their jobs
efficiently and effectively. This skill and knowledge building process is an
important and valuable ongoing investment in your business. It results in more
highly developed skills and higher productivity.
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Employees - high investment, high skill, high productivity
If you invest wisely in your staff's skills as an ongoing developmental
process you will not only automatically place a higher value on them but you
will also be more strongly motivated to make better use of your employees.
Most of us value what we have to pay for. And the more we spend the higher we
value it. This value system is easily transferable to the workplace. As an
employer you need to value the existing skills of your employees, and those
skills they are developing. This is described as the high investment, high
skill, high productivity cycle.
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Apprenticeships – a much needed solution to the skills crisis
Australia is undeniably facing a critical skills shortage. Worse still, the
current skills shortage in the traditional trades areas is predicted to
deteriorate further. If you think it's hard to find a tradesperson now, it may
well be impossible soon.
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NSW Business Chamber member, TakeABreak.com.au, makes it easy to find and book
holiday accommodation online. The company has been growing strongly over the
last four years, fuelled in part by the flexible employment options built into
human resource policies.
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Identifying that universities are not the only place you can find talented
young people, Sydney Water has developed a number of entry pathways, including
an apprenticeships program, to attract new skills to the business.
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BUSINESSES IN THE bush face unique challenges. As a major employer in the
Walla Walla district, approximately 40 kilometres north of Albury, Modern
Engineering is a typical example of a rural business dealing with skills
shortages.
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DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE WORK practices and achieving recognition for the glazing
trade are the keys to solving the skills crisis for Australia’s leading glass
product and glass replacement provider, O’Brien.
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Trying to secure business loans from banks can be a hardship for many small
enterprises, yet 30 years ago a bunch of banana growers formed what is today
one of the largest regional credit unions in Australia.
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