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5 reasons why you should consider implementing pre-employment screening

As it’s early in the New Year, I’m sure that many of you are busy recruiting new employees.

Given this, I thought today would be a good chance to go over the benefits of having a thorough pre-employment screening process in place – and how it can help you recruit the right employee for the job.

After all, no-one wants the hassle of hiring the wrong person and having to go back to the drawing board!

Here are 5 reasons why implementing pre-employment screening is a good idea:

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By Claire Berry posted January 25th 2012

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What you need to include in your social media policy

In September last year, we ran a Bulletin that went over some important things you should include in your workplace social media policy, and, in light of the outcomes of some recent cases (such as the one I discussed on Friday), I felt it would be worth going over that information with you again.

So here goes…

Here are 5 things you should make sure you include in your workplace social media policy:

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By Charles Power posted January 18th 2012

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Why you need to be careful when dismissing employees for online offences

The outcome of a recent Fair Work Australia case has proven just how carefully employers have to tread when it comes to dismissing employees for online offences.

In Glen Stutsel v Linfox Australia Pty Ltd [2011] FWA 8444 (19 December 2011) FWA found that an employee’s dismissal for making comments about his managers on his private Facebook page was unjustified.

The employee, a truck driver for Linfox, was dismissed last May for serious misconduct after he made several work-related comments on his private Facebook page that criticized his managers.

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By Charles Power posted January 13th 2012

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