What is a probation period?

The term ‘probation period’ refers to the initial months after a new employee has been hired, during which both employer and employee are given the chance to evaluate whether the working relationship is right for them.

Running a business comes with inherent risks. Imagine if your business was broken into. Would you be able to continue operating as usual? If your equipment and stock were damaged, would your business be able to recover from the financial loss?

Today, patients have more choice than ever in deciding who they want to help them on their journey of health and wellbeing.

And that’s not only between different physiotherapy practices but also between physiotherapy and other allied health or alternative medicine options.

Did you ever envisage that one day you would go into product development?

Parental leave eligibility

According to the National Employment Standards, an employee will be eligible for unpaid parental leave if they:

A performance appraisal, or performance review, is a process an employer can use to assess an employee’s performance so that personal and organisational goals can be achieved.

It is also a great opportunity to recognise an employee’s performance and reward success or, alternatively, develop plans to address underperformance.

When thinking about whether or not to sell your business, defining your objectives is important: clear priorities will guide your decisions and enable a smoother process.

The business environment may push you to rush into a sale to capitalise on seller-friendly terms.

Why investigate?

It’s crucial that employers act swiftly when an employee raises a concern or complaint about another employee and ensure that it is sufficiently investigated.

With the explosion of working from home, telehealth, and virtual offices through the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, physiotherapy practices were thrown into the deep end having to rapidly pivot to be able to provide IT-centric services to clients.