The Architects Act 2002 (Qld) requires the Board of Architects of Queensland to make a code of practice to provide guidance to architects registered ...

In order to calculate the cost of time, it is essential for all staff to record the time spent actually generating income and to distinguish this ...

(Previously known as Minimum wage review 2016 and other HR news) Employers and employees are increasingly at loggerheads when it comes to employees ...

Staff social functions can be an important team-building exercise. They reward staff for their hard work and provide them the opportunity to relax ...

(Previously known as Casual or permanent? – an age old issue) It is imperative that employers correctly classify their employees as either permanent ...

Effective employment agreements not only set out salary, employment conditions and other statutory entitlements but will also include provisions ...

Employers need to recognise their obligations to new staff entering a practice and make sure new staff fully understand their role and the workings ...

Read time: 4 minutes Employing students of architecture can be a rewarding experience for both the practice and the student. A primary pathway to ...

It is not uncommon for a client to ask an architect or firm to sign a general ‘waiver’ of moral rights (eg, “I agree to waive all moral rights in ...

The risk to architects of specifying standards needs to be managed. Proprietary specification systems such as NATSPEC regularly review all standards ...