It has often been the practice in the past for small and medium business owners to get advice on employment law only when they had an immediate problem.
However the employment law landscape is changing all the time, and all business owners and proprietors need more frequent consultation.
Consider the following needs:
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All employees should have written employment contracts.
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Your contracts must comply with current Australian legislation. If you don’t know what’s current, find out.
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All contracts must be current. If an employee’s duties change, he/she should have a new contract.
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Terms of employment must be clearly set out.
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There have to be are workplace rules, policies and procedures describing what behaviour is expected of employees, and employees must know what they are.
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There must be clear disciplinary procedures and dismissal processes in place and employees must know what they are.
Solicitors offering employment law advice can act as employment contract lawyers making sure that contracts are watertight. They also take care of other areas such as employment dispute advice, behaviour problems at work, and make sure that a relevant version of the Fair Dismissal Code has been drawn up for your workplace.
