Parental leave for salon owners
October 25, 2022Parental leave is another entitlement under the NES and is available to eligible salon employees when a child is born or adopted. Parental leave can be taken by male and female workers, and casual employees may be eligible for parental leave if they are employed on a regular and systematic basis. Here’s everything salon owners […]
Choosing the right salon software – do you really get what you pay for?
September 26, 2022Choosing the software that is going to underpin your salon is key to ensuring that your salon operates at peak efficiency. However, if you’ve ever investigated salon software even casually, you will know that the price varies wildly, without there being necessarily great differentiation between offerings. So, the question has to be asked – do […]
Compassionate Leave for Hairdressers + Beauty Therapists
September 19, 2022Compassionate leave (previously known as bereavement leave) is an entitlement under the National Employment Standards (NES) provided to all employees, including casuals. There are ‘permissible occasions’ which provide an employee with an entitlement to compassionate leave. Salon owners need to be on top of all aspects of the National Employment Standards to ensure that they […]
Queens Death Public Holiday: What Salon Owners need to know
September 12, 2022HABA wish to acknowledge the incredibly sad passing of her majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, on the 8th of September 2022. Our thoughts are with the royal family at this sad time. Regarding the public holiday to mark the Queen’s passing as announced by Prime Minster Albanese over the weekend, HABA expects that this […]
Outcomes from the Jobs + Skills Summit for Salon Owners.
September 5, 2022As your nationally recognised employer association, HABA is responsible for representing the opinions and concerns of salon owners at all levels of government – including during last week’s national Jobs and Skills Summit. This is how our voices get heard by policymakers and lead to REAL Change for the Hair and Beauty Industry. “Today is […]
Choosing the right salon software – Top 5 considerations
September 1, 2022Choosing the software that is going to underpin your salon is key to ensuring that your salon operates at peak efficiency. Long gone are the days of the big paper appointment book (or at least they should be!) with most customers expecting to be able interact with a salon digitally. A salon not managing their […]
The do’s and don’ts of docking pay
August 9, 2022There are some occasions where an employee arrives to work late. Life happens; the car won’t start, the alarm doesn’t go off in the morning, public transport cancellations or a car accident causing traffic chaos are just some of the reasons why an employee may be late for work. However, sometimes lateness can be a […]
What are the rules for unpaid leave in hair and beauty salons?
July 19, 2022Occasionally employers receive requests from staff for leave without pay, or unpaid leave. These sorts of requests often have employers scratching their heads wondering, ‘do I need to approve this?’, ‘how does leave without pay/unpaid leave work in payroll?’ What is unpaid leave? There is no special legal definition for unpaid leave, it is just […]
5 Moments to call in a Lawyer for your salon
July 13, 2022Legal advice may sound like yet another expense for salon owners to wear as “the cost of doing business”. However, seeking legal advice in key moments in your business can be the difference between Signing a lease agreement As we all know, commercial leases are far more complex than residential leases. Not only is […]
Hair and Beauty Industry Wage Rates 2022
July 4, 2022In accordance with the Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review 2021-22 Decision, the wage rates and some allowances in the Hair and Beauty Industry Award 2010 (Award) have been varied. Award minimum wages have been increased by 4.6 per cent, subject to a minimum increase of $40 per week. The effect of this is that […]
Fair Work Commission National Minimum Wage Increase for Hair & Beauty Industry
June 20, 2022There have been a number of changes to the pay conditions of salon workers in the past few weeks, including compulsory increase to superannuation and updates to paid family and domestic violence leave. For salon owners struggling to staff their salons, the end of government benefits for small businesses from the pandemic and struggling under […]
Updates to paid family and domestic violence leave
June 14, 2022The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ruled that modern awards should be varied to include an entitlement for up to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave for full-time and part-time employees who experience such violence. What is the current entitlement? Currently, all employees (including casuals) are entitled to 5 days of unpaid […]
What Salon Owners need to know about changes to superannuation in 2022
June 6, 2022Compulsory superannuation has stood in Australia for decades now, but it is not a static policy. There have been a number of changes to Superannuation over the years, most recently with the transition to Single Touch Payroll and steady increases to the Superannuation Guarantee. The Superannuation Guarantee (SG) will again increase to 10.5% from 1 […]
Key Implications of the Federal Election for Workplace Relations
May 24, 2022On 21 May 2022, it was announced that the Australian Labor Party (ALP) had won the 2022 Federal Government Election, with Anthony Albanese being sworn in on 23 May 2022 as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. While the ALP looks set to hold the majority in the House of Representatives with at least 76 seats, to […]
What Australian Salon Owners can expect from the Albanese Labor Government.
May 24, 2022After a tumultuous campaign, the Australian people have chosen to elect Anthony Albanese as the next Prime Minister of Australia, putting his Labor party into power after nearly a decade. But what does this mean for salon owners? With a huge swing towards Independent candidates and Green candidates across the nation, deals will […]
A lesson in vicarious liability for salon owners
May 16, 2022Harassment is any unwelcome behaviour or conduct which intimidates, humiliates, or offends others. In harassment cases, the intention of the alleged harasser is irrelevant. What is important is the reaction of the person being harassed and how they feel because of the harassment. In July 2021, sexual harassment was included in the definition of ‘serious […]
Why salon owners need PROTECTION in business.
May 10, 2022No one likes to talk about it, but things go wrong in a salon environment. In a workplace where we are dealing with chemicals, clients’ faces and hair, and our work hours and rates are far from simple, mistakes get made. This is just part of life, and particularly life as a salon owner, but […]
Low-Cost or FREE Team Building + Salon Social Activities
April 14, 2022After the last few weeks of public holidays, annual leave, and staff missing work due to COVID, we hope your whole team is now back on the salon floor and back together – but these periods of ‘never really together can be really challenging for your team culture. As salon owners ourselves, we know that […]
State-specific breakdown of Exposure to COVID and Isolation rules
April 5, 2022We continue to hear about situations where salon staff are re-exposed to COVID-19 and employers are wondering whether the person must isolate again. The rules vary widely across each state, so our article this month will provide an update on each state’s isolation requirements for people who are re-exposed to the virus. Please note that […]
Budget 2022 – what’s in it for salon owners?
March 30, 2022It’s federal budget season, and the nation’s small businesses are wondering whether there’s any good news on the horizon for what is shaping up to be (yet another) challenging year. Many business operators and workers alike are hoping this year’s federal budget will provide a lifeline to small businesses that have struggled to keep […]