Why you should hire someone over age 55

Unconscious bias happens to many of us. But, does age-old experience get in the way of securing your Mr or Mrs Right? Here’s why you need over 55’s on your payroll. Anyone in the business knows that recruiting takes time and money. Creating a position description and job advertisement, marketing the position, fielding through applications,

Top 5 Myths in Employee and Industrial Relations

April was a record month for our Consulting area, a popular area is around the Employee Relations and Industrial Relations legislation. We are lucky to have our own legal experts as part of our service offering. The team at Optimum Legal have compiled the top 5 ER/IR myths: It is against the law to give

From Chaos to Productivity – 7 Tips!

How many of us work in chaos? How many of us think we do not have enough hours in the day to do our job? At certain points in time all of us! Take a moment to think about a situation when you have been out of control at work: everyone wants a piece of

How to Better Understand and Avoid Work Stress

Work stress is very common. And many of us can be quite blasé about it. However, we should not be so flippant as work stress can often lead to significant health consequences, like colds and flues, to more serious complications like heart disease. We need to take a closer look into understanding work stress to