June 2012

Issue 6

Dear natasha_khowly@hotmail.com,

Welcome to the June edition of Intelligent Thinking.

This month we look at how to eliminate awkward workplace situations resulting from the vast range of personalities found in a typical work environment.

We also focus on the differences between transactional and emotional engagement and how a lack of employee motivation can be damaging to your business.

Lastly, don't forget to get your wages reviewed before July 1st in order to comply with the latest Federal Minimum Wage changes.

Yours sincerely,

Ben Thompson

CEO

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Federal Minimum Wage Decision

On 1 June 2012 Fair Work Australia delivered its decision in the 2012 Minimum Wage Review.

The outcome of the Review in relation to modern award minimum wages is that from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2012 minimum weekly wages are increased by 2.9 per cent, with commensurate increases in hourly rates on the basis of a 38 hour week.

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Awkward Workplace Situations – How To Eliminate Them

Awkward workplace situations are almost unavoidable when you consider the number of diverse personalities, opinions and behaviours that are forcibly grouped together to form the average workplace.

It is likely that every work environment has had the same complaint at some point about a certain employee who sometimes makes the workplace feel “awkward” for any number of reasons.

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Could Engagement Scores Spell Trouble For Your Business?

Whilst the focus has always been on the all-important high level of engagement in employees, (and the subsequent positives outcomes for your business); a new report suggests that the correlation is not as simple as previously thought.

The research identifies that there are actually two different types of engagement, which can produce two very different types of results in employee engagement scores.

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