3. Employing Staff Flashcards
You can chose to go through a temp agency- who finds staff for you. your contract is with them not the employee, so you don’t have all responsibility as employer. This way you can find and assess staff. If it works out you pay them a placement fee.
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Employing staff is serious responsibility and you are required to adhere to employment legislation. Such as?
- Fair work act
- The fair work system
- anti-discrimination legislation
- superannuation legislation
- long service leave leg
- occupational health and safety leg
- workers comp
- taxation legislation
Pay slips must include the following:
- employers name
- employers ABN
- Date of payment
- Pay period
- gross and net amount of pay
- loadings and other entitlements that can be itemised
- if paid an hourly rate- what it is, no of hours worke, any deductions made including the amount and details of each deductions
- supperanuation contributions and the name and number of the fund to which its made.
tell me about independent contractors
-can occur when someone is engaged ias an independent contractor, and therefore not paid supperanuation, annual leave, long service leave, or sick leave, but are deemed by law to be an amployee. If the relationship is one of employer and employee the practice will incur penalties and additional costs/
Task analysis for your employee? consider these questions?
- what physical dn mental tasks need to be achieved
- how is it doen
- what mathods, equipment or applications used?
- Why is task done
- What level of responsibility is associated with the task.
- does it have to be performed under supervision.
Decide wether the person must have these skills or if they can be taught on the job.
What should be mentioned in a job decription? and why you do it
- job title: its important to some people
- work to be performed(brief summary)
- major job dutues (including responsibilities fir quality and quantity of work)
- relationship of jobs to other jobs
- skills, qualifications and experience needed
- minor job duties
What would be some motivating factors that create a deep commitment to good job performance?
- establish confidence and trust within your staff through open communication and demonstrater sensitivity to their needs
- allow and enourage staff participation in decision making that directly affects them
- as much as you can, permit your staff to set their own work goals and methods.
- express appreciation publicly for jobs well done, offer criticism privately in thr form of constructuuve suggestions
- look for ways to restructure jobs so that they are more challenging and interesting
- give increased responsibility, independence and authority to those who can handle it.
- be firm but be fair
What are some possible causes for poor motivation?
- fatigue and illness (exceeding physical apabilities, inadequate rest etc)
- inadequate skill or training (likely to lose confidence and become un-inspired)
- Inadequate working conditions (poor working conditions slow productivity and impede quality performance)
- Impropper tools etc
