The Hidden Barrier to Salon Success – And How to Overcome It
June 4, 2025At Hair & Beauty Australia (HABA), we know that pricing is a crucial piece of your business strategy. That’s why we’ve created comprehensive tools like our guide to raising your prices strategically, helping salon owners confidently take control of their profit margins. But once you’ve addressed pricing, what’s next? The real driver of lasting salon […]
Is your business prepared for the Easter and ANZAC Day public holidays?
April 15, 2025The Easter holiday period continues to be one of the busiest times for employee leave requests. Many workers seek to take advantage of the cluster of public holidays, and with international travel now fully back to pre-pandemic levels, employers may find themselves juggling increased requests for time off with the need to maintain adequate staffing […]
How to Raise Your Prices
April 9, 2025The cost of operating a hair or beauty business continues to rise annually. From overhead expenses and wages to training and the general cost of living, salon owners inevitably face the need to adjust their pricing structures. While the prospect of raising prices can be daunting, especially when balancing the need to cover additional expenses […]
Flexible unpaid parental leave
March 20, 2025What is flexible unpaid parental leave? Flexible unpaid parental leave (UPL) allows employees to take some of their UPL in separate blocks of at least one day, instead of one continuous period. The amount of UPL that an employee can take as flexible UPL depends on the date of birth or adoption: Date of birth […]
Sending “abusive” text messages out-of-hours a valid reason for dismissal
March 5, 2025The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has backed the Commonwealth Bank’s (CBA) dismissal of a customer engagement specialist who argued that his employer could not discipline him for sending his manager text messages out of working hours. The specialist sent more than 50 text messages to his manager over three days in the early hours of […]
HABA AGM 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT
October 30, 2024Notice of Annual General Meeting for Hair & Beauty Australia November 25, 2024 11:45 AM AEDST via Zoom Registration via link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlf-yvrzkvGdWR0I87lZtnNRQFZaS-GgI3 Registration via email – info@askhaba.com.au Financials: https://members.askhaba.com.au/dl.php?type=d&id=498 Proxy – https://form.jotform.com/242958075054866 Agenda – https://members.askhaba.com.au/dl.php?type=d&id=499 2023 Minutes – https://members.askhaba.com.au/dl.php?type=d&id=500
Unfair dismissal risks reminder about apprentices and trainees
October 28, 2024Under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), an employee engaged under a training arrangement such as an apprenticeship or traineeship may be eligible to make an unfair dismissal application depending on how their employment comes to an end. Unless the employment is limited to a specified period or limited to the duration of […]
The Right to Disconnect
October 9, 2024The right to disconnect (RTD) under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) took effect from 26 August 2024, or 26 August 2025 for small business employers. The RTD allows employees to refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact from an employer or third party (such as a client or […]
Upcoming changes to Hairdressers Award that will effect the WA Beauty Industry
September 5, 2024In June, the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC) issued an order to vary the provisions of the Hairdressers Award 1989 to cover employees in the WA beauty industry. The order is only relevant to employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system. The proposed changes under the order seek to draw the […]
New laws for employing casuals
August 1, 2024With new rules for employing casual workers commencing in August, our article outlines how businesses can prepare. The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No.2) Act 2024 (CL No.2 Act) made significant changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act), including a new definition of “casual employee” which will come into effect on 26 […]
HABA Elections 2024
July 5, 2024Are you up to the cut or do you have the right blush to make HABA glow! Step into a role where your voice shapes the future of the hair and beauty industry. Hair & Beauty Australia (HABA) is calling for passionate individuals to join our Board of Directors. This is more than a position; […]
Annual Wage Review 2023-2024 Decision
June 17, 2024On 3 June 2024, the Expert Panel of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) handed down its Annual Wage Review 2023-2024 Decision. The FWC decided that award minimum wages and the National Minimum Wage will be increased by 3.75%. When will employers receive updated wage rates from HABA? HABA will distribute an updated wages table that […]
Annual Wage Review 2023-24 Update
May 30, 2024Each year the FWC reviews and sets the NMW and minimum wages under modern awards during their AWR process. One of the issues the FWC will be considering as part of the AWR 2024 are gender pay gaps. Gender equality The FWC is trying to address the issue of the gender pay gap. As part […]
Changes in Modern Awards
May 28, 2024The Fair Work Commission (FWC) is in the process of varying modern awards to include terms about workplace delegates and a right to disconnect. The FWC has also inserted a new note in the superannuation clause of the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020 which explains certain aspects of superannuation legislation. Variation to the Hair […]
When does an absence become abandonment?
March 13, 2024Abandonment of employment is a situation where an employee stops showing up for work without a valid reason or explanation, and without informing their employer of their intention to resign. Where employment ends by reason of abandonment, it is a termination at the employee’s initiative. However, not every absence or failure to report for work […]
Out-of-hours conduct could be work-related
February 26, 2024Employees may sometimes engage in conduct outside their normal working hours or workplace that may have implications for their employment. For example, an employee may be involved in a criminal offence, or an inappropriate social media post or other action which affects their ability to perform their duties. In such circumstances employers may wonder whether […]
Closing Loopholes Act has commenced – what’s changed?
February 13, 2024Some changes took effect from 15 December 2023 and others are operative at various times in 2024 and 2025. Ai Group, on behalf of HABA, continues to be heavily engaged in consultation with the Government over the development of the legislation. Changes from 15 December 2023 Small business redundancy exemption There are new redundancy payment […]
Notification of Declaration to Amend our Constitution
February 6, 2024IMPORTANT: On 5 February 2024 Hair and Beauty Australia filed a Reg 126 Declaration to amend our constitution as approved at our AGM on the 15th January 2024. A copy of the proposed changes was provided to all members but should you like a copy please contact us at info@askhaba.com.au and we can provide you […]
AGM Announcement
December 15, 2023IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Due to the holidays, the AGM has moved to 2024 (see details below). We look forward to seeing as many of our members as possible. WHEN: MONDAY 15th January, 2024 TIME: 7:00pm start WHERE: Via Zoom link, emailed to all registrants closer to the date.𝗛𝗔𝗕𝗔’𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://members.askhaba.com.au/dl.php?type=d&id=490 Register your […]
Public holidays and penalty rates during Christmas under the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020
December 4, 2023With Christmas just around the corner, it’s important for employers to be aware of their obligations under the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2020. In a previous article, employers were informed about their obligations with respect to the annual closedown – see article here To ensure that employees are paid their correct entitlements, employers should […]