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“Stuff I wish I knew before I took on my first team member”

October 2, 2023 Trevor Weeding First Employees

#2 – Flexibility works both ways OK, so you have a part time employee who wants to change their work days or hours. No problem – as long as both employee and employer agree and the new arrangement is properly recorded and delivered to the employee (an email is sufficient), then everything should be fine.What

“Stuff I wish I knew before I took on my first team member”.

September 24, 2023 Trevor Weeding First Employees

Do you have any or all of the following? one to three employees? (Or, if casual employees, maybe more of them, working small numbers of hours each week) one or more team members offshore? at least one contractor who works under your direction for at least one day per week? We often speak to business

OH&S Best practice – first employees

February 9, 2023 Trevor Weeding First Employees

So, you’re about to take on your first employee. Congratulations! In mid-2022, we posted a series of articles on the Development Pathways website Blog, focusing on the HR elements of taking on your first employee – especially around interviews, compliance and onboarding best-practices. We recently caught up with Rob McDonald from GSD Safety and asked

Think about this before you take on your first employee.

January 9, 2022 Trevor Weeding First Employees

You’re under the pump! As a Sole Trader, you ARE your business. Your clients come to you for your products or services because you are YOU. In most cases, the first time you need to recruit is to add a support person to your business. This is not just a ‘step’ – it’s often a

So, you need your first employee?

October 18, 2021 Trevor Weeding First Employees

Sole trader and your workload is increasing? That’s a GREAT problem to have… but how to begin resolving it? It’s a difficult decision to make, but it’s one that needs to be made. Your business has grown and, as a sole trader, that has produced an increase in your workload, your working hours and –

Everybody is different

August 16, 2021 Trevor Weeding A - Z of HR First Employees

No shortage of “E” words for this topic, huh?EmployeesEmployersEmployee Engagement (Double E’s – yahoo! 🤣)Employment Contracts……. The list goes on. However, I wanted to use this opportunity to emphasise this one please: E is for EVERYONE’S DIFFERENT HR encompasses the only resource in your business that is different with each example. If you use/make widgets

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