Employing People…



Employing and managing people

Hiring, managing and supporting your workforce is a main thing in a business, So we need to Use the proper tools for maintain a Fruitful workforce.

Following tips and templates to help you:

  • Understand the basics of human resources
  • Hire the right people
  • Manage and retain your staff
  • Meet your legal obligations.

Regarding the employing and managing your workforce, several topics we need to focus on….those are

1. Human resources health check

2. Planning the workforce

3. Hiring and recruitment

4. Your responsibilities as an employer

5. High-performing and positive workplaces

6. Creating culturally safe workplace for native and multicultural workers

7. Managing and leading in a small business

8. Training and development staff

9. Payroll Tax

10. Managing employee dismissal and redundancy

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Human resources health check






Use this simple, interactive HR tool to:
  • assess the strengths and weaknesses of your current HR approach
  • identify opportunities to improve your HR capability and effectiveness.

           You'll receive a personalized business report that highlights:

  • key areas where your business may benefit from further development
  • practical resources to help you improve your HR performance.

           Start your human resources health check (buisness queensland, 2022)

 

 



Planning your workforce

Find assistance, information and resources to help you:

  • Find the right staff with the skills you need for your business
  • Engage an Industry Workforce Advisor
  • Identify solutions to workforce challenges

Find relevant government and industry support. (buisness queensland, 2022)

 

 

 



 

 

Planning can be divide in to two categories

1. Work force planning for small business

2. Industry workforce Advisors

 

 

 



Hiring and recruitment

Find information, tips and resources to help you:

  • Run a fair recruitment process
  • Find and hire the right people to help your business succeed
  • Meet your legal obligations.

 

When hiring persons we can choose the type of employees

Finding and hiring staff

·        Hiring a contractor, consultant or freelancer

·        Employing apprentices and trainees

·        Employing mature age workers

·        Hiring staff from overseas

·        Employing native and island people

·        Employing children

·        Back to Work program ( (buisness, n.d.)

 

 

 

Your responsibilities as an employer



As an employer, you have a number of legal responsibilities you have to meet. These include obligations regarding workplace health and safety, employee entitlements and awards, and tax.

following outline of your key responsibilities as an employer and where to find more information.

·        Payroll tax

·        Employee entitlements and awards

·        Long service leave in organisation

·        Workplace health and safety

·        Mental health and wellbeing resources for businesses

·        Workers' compensation

·        Personal safety in the workplace

·        Anti-discrimination and equal opportunity

·        Industrial relations

·        Workers' Accommodation Act

 

High-performing and positive workplaces

Find tools and information to help you create a working environment that:

  • Creates satisfied and engaged employees
  • Increases productivity and profitability
  • Lowers staff turnover and related costs.


 

These are the Key facts for the event

Staff satisfaction, engagement and retention

Information, calculators and templates to help you measure and improve staff satisfaction and retention.

HR policies and procedures

Learn how to develop human resources policies to reduce risks and ensure your workplace meets legal requirements.

Managing staff performance

Find tips, step-by-step guidelines and a template to help you plan and carry out staff performance reviews and measure performance.

Managing people through change

Find out how to manage people through change, including how to plan change, communicate change and retain key staff.

Managing conflict in the workplace

Learn how to manage workplace conflict to minimize damage to your business.

Managing flexible working arrangements

Develop and manage flexible working arrangements that meet your legal obligations, benefit your employees and help your business succeed.

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Creating culturally safe workplaces for native and multi-cultural peoples

Building cultural capability within your business is a continual process, encompassing cultural awareness, cultural competence and cultural safety.

Use our information, resources and tools as a starting point to help you:

  • build awareness and cultural safety in your workplace
  • provide support to First Nations employees
  • help your business be better positioned to respond to your present and future workforce needs.


 

 


Building a culturally safe workplace checklist

Use our checklist to help you start building your business's cultural capability and create a culturally safe workplace.

First Nations protocols and culturally important dates

Find information on First Nations protocols and the events and celebrations that are culturally significant to native and multi-cultural peoples.

Benefits of cultural diversity and addressing racism in the workplace

Discover the benefits of cultural diversity and tools you can use in your business to address racism and unconscious bias.

 

Building your business's cultural capability

Learn what actions you can take towards creating a culturally safe workplace and improve your engagement with First Nations people.

Attracting and recruiting First Nations employees

Find out how you can attract and recruit First Nations employees to your business.



 

To be a positive manager and a leader,

Training and developing staff

Find guidelines and templates to help you develop training and inductions programs that:

  • develop your employees
  • address current and potential skill gaps
  • help you reach your business goals.


 

Staff onboarding and inductions

How to develop a clear and practical onboarding and induction process that increases staff productivity and engagement.

Staff training, development and mentoring

Step-by-step guidance to develop a training and development program that meets your business needs and training obligations.

Workforce planning for small business

Learn how workforce planning can help you ensure you have the right staff, with the right skills, at the right time.

 

Payroll tax

Payroll tax is a government assessed tax on the wages that employers pay to their employees when the total wages are more than a certain threshold.



 Registering for payroll tax

As an employer, you must register for payroll tax after the end of the month in which you:

  • pay more than 100000/= rupees in sri lankan taxable wages

Taxable wages

When you register for payroll tax and lodge returns, you need to know what wages are taxable and when to report them.

Managing employee dismissal and redundancy

An employment relationship can be ended by the employee or the employer for many different reasons. As an employer, you must be aware of your obligations regarding resignations, dismissals, redundancy, notice periods and final pay.



This contains following factors

 

Learn about creating opportunities and providing support for First Nations employees in your business. (buisness queensland, 2022)



References

buisness queensland. (2022, 09 28). employing and managing people. Retrieved from https://www.qld.gov.au/: https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/employing

buisness, q. l. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-business/employing/hiring-recruitment/back-to-work

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Kasun KarunaratneApril 13, 2024 at 2:57 AM

    This summary discusses the importance of employing and managing a workforce in a business. It covers topics such as understanding human resources, planning the workforce, hiring and recruitment, responsibilities as an employer, creating high-performing and positive workplaces, creating culturally safe workplaces for native and multicultural workers, managing and leading in a small business, training and development staff, payroll tax, and managing employee dismissal and redundancy. The summary also provides resources to help businesses assess their HR approach, plan their workforce, manage their legal obligations, and create a positive working environment. It also discusses the importance of addressing legal obligations, such as workplace health and safety, employee entitlements, and tax. The summary concludes by highlighting the importance of a positive management and leadership style, as well as the importance of training and developing staff to address skill gaps and achieve business goals.

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