Australian Apprenticeships - Employers

This page links to information on all aspects of Australian Apprenticeships for employers. This website explains how Australian Apprenticeships work, the benefits for your business and where to get more information including brochures in English and other languages.

www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au

avianinfluenza.com.au

HSA Group and the Travel Doctor have set up this site to provide information and assist international travellers to understand and protect themselves against this emerging threat, and assist companies to develop dynamic pandemic risk management strategies.

www.avianinfluenza.com.au

Being Prepared for a Pandemic

This site provides a range of tools to help you and your business prepare for a human influenza pandemic in Australia. Includes a practical and comprehensive Business Continuity Guide for Australian Businesses; and a kit including a short explanatory booklet, a planning checklist, a series of health posters to assist in controlling infection and reference sheets.

www.innovation.gov.au

CRS Australia

CRS Australia delivers vocational rehabilitation services to Australian citizens or residents who have an injury, disability or health condition. We assist people who have a disability or injury to get a job or return to their job. This service is free to people receiving income support payments from Centrelink.

www.crsaustralia.gov.au

Employer Info

This Centrelink page provides a list of resources and links to help employers find out about payments and services that can help both their business and their employees.

www.centrelink.gov.au

Employers

This page provides links to information about working arrangements and conditions, and issues in the workplace for employers. It covers arrangements and contracts, employee entitlements, employer responsibilities, employment incentives, occupational health and safety, recruitment, salary and wages, training, and work and family.

www.workplace.gov.au

Employing People

Employers and employees have obligations to each other under common law and under federal, state and territory laws, industrial awards and agreements, tribunal decisions and contracts of employment. This page links to information about the different aspects involved including: hiring people; employer obligations; employee entitlements; skills development and training; complaints, disputes and employee relations and ending employment.

www.business.gov.au

Employment - Government community grants

GrantsLINK - your Government community grants site - makes it easier to find suitable and relevant grants for your community projects from the many government grants that are available. GrantsLINK also helps you find the best source of funding and assists you to complete application forms. This page lists employment related grants.

www.grantslink.gov.au

Information for Australian Employers

Help for Australian employers in their dealings with people in Australia who are in the country temporarily and who wish to work. Includes links to the Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) for organisations, employer obligations and an easy guide on how to check whether prospective employees are entitled to work in Australia.

www.immi.gov.au

Information for Employers - Eliminating discrimination and harassment in the workplace

Good practice, good business provides resources to employers that will assist them in implementing effective anti-discrimination and anti-harassment strategies in the workplace.

www.humanrights.gov.au

Need Staff?

Employers can now tap into a more diverse workforce (including parents returning to work, people with disabilities, mature age people and people who have been out of work for a while) by visiting this website or phoning the Employer Hotline (13 17 15). Australian Government Employment Services network providers specialise in assisting employers to find staff and access a range of government assistance and incentives.

www.needstaff.gov.au

Online Referrals (CRS Australia)

CRS Australia Online referral forms can be used by doctors, health professionals, employers, insurers and brokers, educators, and potential clients.

www.crsaustralia.gov.au

Supported Wage System (SWS)

Centrelink page providing information on the Supported Wage System where eligible people with a disability can choose to access a reliable process of productivity-based wage assessment and related workplace-specific assistance in order to access appropriate jobs in the open workforce.

www.centrelink.gov.au

Taxation & Superannuation Obligations

A business with employees or contractors has tax obligations and must make superannuation payments for eligible employees. This page links to information on determining the status of workers for tax purposes; fringe benefits tax (FBT); pay as you go (PAYG) withholding; pay-roll tax and superannuation.

www.business.gov.au

Visas & Immigration information for Employers

Department of Immigration and Citizenship index page linking visa and immigration information for employers who wish to sponsor skilled people to work in Australia.

www.immi.gov.au

Wage Assistance - Indigenous Employment Policy

The Wage Assistance Programme was established in 1999 as part of the Indigenous Employment Policy. It provides an incentive to employers to provide ongoing employment for eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job seekers. This website provides access to eligibility guidelines, application forms and contact details.

www.workplace.gov.au

Workplace English Language and Literacy (WELL) Programme

The main aim of the WELL (Workplace English Language and Literacy) Programme is to provide workers with English language, literacy and numeracy skills.

www.dest.gov.au