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Did you know your employees do not have a statutory right to a smoke break in the workplace?

Have you ever added up the cost of the loss of productivity of smoking in your workplace?  You may be very surprised. What seems to be a 10 minute break often rolls into 20 minutes.

Consider doing the following:

• Have a policy that clearly states that smoking is confined to rest breaks and not your time.
• Set out why the policy is in force, (e.g. Health & Safety).
• Specify where employees are allowed to smoke and where they are not. (Different states have different requirements).
• Identify who is responsible for enforcing the policy.
• Outline what the consequences of not complying with the policy are.

For further assistance please contact Biz Momentum. We have clients in all states and territories of Australia and advise some international clients. (T) 61 7 3349 5662 (m) +61 409 002 365

Biz Momentum has been assisting the transport industry for some time and has developed a policies and procedures manual specifically for the transport industry that comprises human resource and health and safety policies and procedures.

This manual can be tailored to your business and comes with accident / incidents reports, checklists, employment agreements, forms and letters.

We have assisted employers with termination of employment issues, diminished performance and remuneration matters. We have enabled transport businesses to minimise their employment risks as well as placing strategies in place to ensure employee compliance while providing hands on mentoring and assistance.

Contact us for further assistance and to see how we can assist you minimise your risks.

We have clients Australia wide.

An employee was recently awarded $466,000 plus 90% legal costs for sexual harassment by her employer.

Incidence of sexual harassment is increasing in today’s marketplace and legislation requires that you have policies and procedures to manage these complaints, to manage grievances in a timely and unbiased manner or you will pay the penalty.

Biz Momentum conduct Sexual Harassment investigations and can assist you minimise your risks.

You are urged to take action to protect your business interests.

WorkSafe Victoria is conducting a blitz of up to 40,000 workplaces to ensure they comply with anti bullying legislation.

This came about after a young restaurant worker committed suicide after repeated bullying over a period of a year. The business was fined $335,000.

Now may be a good time to ensure you have the correct policies, procedures, training and complaint management processes in place.

To see how we can assist your business contact Biz Momentum for assistance today www.biz-momentum.com

We are specialists in managing workplace bullying and grievances.

Discrimination is increasingly becoming a favourite method that employees are taking up to seek compensation and redress against employers.

A business was fined $60,000 recently for terminating the employment of 3 people because they were union members.

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Recently we were asked if you could safely terminate an employee still on probation while on legitimate sick leave having lodged a worker’s compensation form from their Doctor.  The short answer is NO. Why, discrimination. 

Visit us at www.biz-momentum.com for further assistance and contact details.