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Employment Contracts: What to Include (and What's Illegal)
What to include in an Australian employment contract: pay and award, hours, probation, notice, IP, plus clauses that are void or illegal and free templates.
9 min readMinimum Wage and Penalty Rates 2026-27: What Employers Must Pay
The national minimum wage is $26.44 an hour from 1 July 2026. Here's what award rates, casual loading, penalty rates and junior rates mean for your payroll.
9 min readCasual vs Part-Time vs Full-Time: What Each Means for Employers
Casual vs part-time vs full-time in Australia: the current casual definition, 25% loading, leave, notice, minimum shifts and how casual conversion works.
10 min readEmployee vs Contractor in Australia: The Test That Decides
How Australia decides employee vs contractor: the whole of relationship test, why an ABN isn't enough, when you owe super, and what misclassification costs.
11 min readModern Awards Explained: How to Find Your Employee's Award
What modern awards are, how coverage works, how to find your employee's award with Fair Work's Find My Award tool, and what to pay if no award applies.
9 min readHiring Your First Employee in Australia: The Complete Checklist
Hiring your first employee in Australia? Step-by-step checklist: true cost and on-costs, award pay rates, PAYG, STP, super, workers comp and day-one paperwork
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