Savvy HR

Savvy provides pragmatic advice & support for business leaders on people management, leadership, culture and organisational design.

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

The more deluded people are about their own skills and talents, the easier it is for them to fool others into thinking they are more capable than they are actually. #leadership https://t.co/x7mcL4e3ET

[Savvy HR @SavvyWorkplace]

There’s a lot of legal liability for employers if they demand workers to return to work and they subsequently get sick. https://t.co/bIbA2lmQ1y

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

Icare executives received gifts such as international flights, accommodation, concert tickets and online shopping vouchers from companies to which the agency has awarded major contracts. @smh

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[Savvy HR @SavvyWorkplace]

The CEO and co-owner of a human resources consultancy on a $350,000 salary (+ bonuses) claims she was overworked, and was the victim of "relentless" bullying by the company's chairman.
https://t.co/p62eTSFetS

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

QLD NSW border - “The issue is obviously around the health of people in the community, but the health and future of businesses also needs to be cared for”. ⁦@GCBulletin⁩ https://t.co/xG4PnBzKFe

[Savvy HR @SavvyWorkplace]

Under an Enforceable Undertaking, the ABC has agreed to a ‘contrition payment’ of $600,000 for the underpayments, which range from $7 to $180,000 for individual casual staff. @fairwork_gov_au @SavvyWorkplace @SavvyHR

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

The ABC will pay over $11.9 million to more than 1,800 casual staff. ABC casual staff were receiving flat rates of pay insufficient to cover, overtime, penalty rates, allowances, and in some cases employees were paid less than the minimum hourly rate. ⁦ https://t.co/psz0jLQzfz

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

The obligation to provide a safe workplace has become far more complicated during the COVID-19 crisis. @AFRLeadership

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[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

Surf life saving QLD #slsq

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

The NSW government is poised to privatise the state’s plantation forests. https://t.co/M08RkjC5Pw

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

#HopgoodGanim Lawyers will cut the salary of staff earning more than $65,000 by 20 per cent from 1 May. ⁦@LawyersWeekly⁩ Weekly https://t.co/7XU4QfMOsv

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

⁦@minterellison⁩ , Australia’s biggest law firm, cuts partner draws by 50% and asks staff to buy 6 weeks of “COVID leave” as it prepares for revenue falls of up to 40% ⁦@AFRLeadership⁩ https://t.co/m1J1Amn9g4

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

The biggest issue with #JobKeeper remains cash flow with businesses required to cover the wages of their staff even while the business is not operating. ⁦@smh⁩ https://t.co/kYuVEj4cie

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

⁦@KPMG⁩ has laid off 200 workers, and anyone earning more than $62,000 a year will take a 20% pay cut amid the #COVID19 pandemic. https://t.co/L0rZyAAghc

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

“There was nothing in the government's stimulus package for coronavirus for Australia's estimated 1.45 million sole traders”. https://t.co/5069JBeiOb

@insidesmallbus @mysmallbusiness @SmallBizAU1 @carawaters @smh

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

Firms that are beneficiaries of govt consulting work should be banned from donating to political parties including in kind such as events, memberships, sponsorships, networking and conferences. ⁦@FinancialReview⁩ https://t.co/mC3TEEHkDz

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

Successful leaders descended from survivors of traumatic events can take rich material from their history and transform it into something positive, productive and results-driven. https://t.co/XJ7bUOiye2 via @INSEADKnowledge

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

Not just an excitable boy: Fair Work describes 20-year-old's behaviour as “one of the most egregious acts of gross and wilful misconduct” that he had witnessed in more than two decades of arbitrating unfair dismissal claims.
https://t.co/dkLX8gIJzz

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

I'd rather be working with a "Visionary Boss" than the alternative @HarvardBiz @SavvyHR

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

Class actions worth up to $50 million have hit Hays and Stellar Recruitment over the alleged unlawful use of casuals in the mining... https://t.co/t2pQNRACHW

[Craig McFadden @SavvyHR]

The ABC has commenced a review in conjunction with ⁦@fairwork_gov_au⁩ after underpaying
up to 2500 casual staff over the past six years ⁦@smh⁩ https://t.co/aT7xPdN81v