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Why an Employee Handbook Is Worth the Investment
A well-designed Employee Handbook can make that transition much easier. Rather than expecting employees to remember everything covered during induction, a handbook provides an accessible snapshot of your business, how you operate and what employees need to know about working with you.
Officer Due Diligence
Under the WHS Act, an officer’s due diligence obligation doesn’t switch on for scheduled inspections and switch off the rest of the time. There is no version of a manager that exists only during audits. The person who signs off the risk register is the same person whose shortcuts, tone, and habits are visible on the floor every single day.
When “It Could Happen” Becomes “It Almost Did”: Rethinking Foreseeable Risk
Every safety program lives and dies on one simple question: could we have seen this coming?
The legal and practical answer to that question is “foreseeability” and it’s worth pausing on, because it quietly separates two very different categories of hazard that too many teams treat as the same thing.
The Return to Work Coordinator: More Than a Compliance Requirement
A skilled Return to Work Coordinator can become the critical link between the injured worker, the workplace, the claims agent and the treating doctor. When that coordination is done well, it can make a genuine difference to a person’s recovery and their ability to remain at, or safely return to, work.
Are You Sure Your Business Is Paying Employees Correctly?
From the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026, Australia’s minimum wage and modern award pay rates increased by 4.75% following the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review.
For many small and medium businesses, updating payroll for employees paid exactly at the award rate may be relatively straightforward. But what about everyone else?
High Court Raises the Stakes on “Genuine” Redundancy
The High Court’s decision in Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley clarified what the Fair Work Commission may consider when determining whether a redundancy is genuine, particularly when assessing whether reasonable redeployment opportunities were available.
Key Employment Law Changes from the 2025–2026 Financial Year
The 2025–2026 financial year brought several important workplace law changes for employers across Australia.
The Danger of Knowing the Job Too Well
When work is performed in the same way every day, informal practices can gradually replace formal systems. What appears to work becomes what is accepted—and eventually, what is accepted becomes “the way we have always done it”.
A Good Response Does Not Erase a Preventable Failure
A strong response after an incident is evidence that an organisation performed well under pressure.
It is not evidence that the incident could not—or should not—have been prevented.
Using Approved Codes of Practice: A Practical Guide for South Australian Workplaces
If you are responsible for work health and safety in a South Australian workplace, you have probably heard the term “Approved Code of Practice”.
But do you know how much legal weight these documents carry or how they should be used within your organisation?
Working at Height Laws Changing from July 2026 – Are You Ready?
From 1 July 2026, important changes to working at height regulations will come into effect in South Australia, lowering the height threshold that triggers high-risk construction work requirements.
Payday Super: What Employers Need to Know from 1 July 2026
From 1 July 2026, new “Payday Super” rules will change how employers pay superannuation contributions in Australia. Under the reform, employers must pay super guarantee contributions at the same time they pay employees’ wages, rather than quarterly as is currently the case.
Practical Work, Health & Safety Training That Builds Safer Workplaces
At Capture Culture, we believe Work Health and Safety (WHS) is more than compliance it’s about protecting people, strengthening leadership, and creating safe systems of work that genuinely operate in practice.
Are You Paying Your Staff Correctly? Now Is the Time to Check
Combined with increased regulatory scrutiny and stronger enforcement powers for the Fair Work Ombudsman, the risk of getting payroll wrong has never been higher.
Fix Payroll Issues Now – Don’t Let Mistakes Become Million-Dollar Problems
Recently the Fair Work Ombudsman communicated that Westpac underpaid nearly 47,000 staff over 11 years, breaching multiple enterprise agreements by failing to pay casual loadings, minimum wages for ordinary hours, allowances (higher duties and weekend penalties), leave entitlements, termination payments, and superannuation.