Information Sheets

As a CCI member you have access to a range of free information flyers covering a range of business and employment issues. This service is available to members only.

Contracts of Employment

• Are your casual employees part time? 
• How is an employment contract created? 
• Probationary Employment
• Subcontractor or employee?

Employee Entitlements

From 1 January 2010

• Final payment for deceased employees - what businesses need to know
• Flexible work practices - a guide for employers
• National Employment Standards
• Leave for legal and military service 
• Long Service Leave - how does it work from 1 January 2010
• Public Holidays
• State Minimum Conditions of Employment
• Superannuation Guarantee

Prior to 1 January 2010

• Annual leave under the AFPCS
• Australian Fair Pay & Conditions Standard (AFPCS)
• Long Service Leave General Order - FAQs
• Parental leave under the AFPCS
• Personal/Carer's leave in the AFPCS
• Sick Leave - Where do I find my employee's entitlements?   

Equal opportunity

• Equal Opportunity and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
• Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace

Hiring and firing

• Abandonment of Employment
• Avoiding unfair dismissal claims - from 1 July 2009 
• Criminal Record Checking Requirements for People Working with Children
• Employment of Children and School leaving age
• Managing poor performance for employees who have access to unfair dismissal
• Managing Workplace Absences
• Pre-employment health assessments
• Recruitment, Selection and and Induction - increasing productivity
• Redundancy - what are employers' obligations?
• Standing down employees when no work is available

HR policies

• Alcohol and other drugs in the workplace
• Christmas and Work Functions - Employer beware
• How do I write a staff email and internet policy?
• Practical guide to developing human resource policy and procedure
• Record keeping - employers obligations
• Workplace Bullying

Industrial Relations

• Employment Law in Western Australia: an overview
• General Protections under the Fair Work Act 2009
• Modern Awards
• Right of entry for unions to a workplace - from 1 July 2009
• What is a Constitutional Trading Corporation? 

Occupational safety and health

• Centre for Work Experience
• Chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) incidents
• Fatigue management for commercial vehicle drivers
• Heat stress in the work environment
• Hosting Work Experience Students
• Infectious diseases at the workplace
• Mobile Phones - issues for the workplace
• Smoking in enclosed places
• Stress in the Workplace
• Workers' compensation - general
• Workers' compensation - injury management
• Workers' compensation - statutory benefits
• Workers' compensation - terminations

Privacy

• Privacy laws - what are your obligations?
• Surveillance in the workplace