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Employment & recruitment

You and your employees have certain obligations to each other under common law. You also have obligations under federal and state laws, industrial awards and agreements, tribunal decisions and contracts of employment.

Information about hiring people; employer obligations; employee entitlements; skills and training; complaints, disputes and employee relations is available at http://www.business.gov.au/Business+Entry+Point/Business+Topics/Employing+people/

See also the Tasmanian guide Staffing Your Business and the OH&S area of FarmPoint.


  Links (FarmPoint is not responsible for the content of the websites linked to below. The link does not constitute any form of endorsement.)

Ag careers

An online career site and human resource service provider for agriculture, food, natural resources, and biotechnology.

Agbizcareers

Look for jobs or advertise vacancies. AgbizCareers is designed as an independent resource for the Australian Agribusiness sector. It is a cost effective way to seek and advertise agribusiness positions in Australia.

AgPeople

AgPeople is a specialist recruitment company focusing on the selection of key staff for agribusiness.

Agri Business Recruitment

Agribusiness Recruitment is a specialist recruitment company focused on providing recruitment solutions within the Australian agribusiness industry.

Agricultural appoinments

Job vacancies and opportunities in agribusiness, agricultural and horticultural industries.

Agrijobs

Specialist agribusiness recruitment agency.

Australian job search

Australian Job Search is a free online employment service, providing a new way for job seekers to search for a job.

Australian Safety and Compensation Council

The role of this council is to develop national occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers' compensation policy; encourage policy discussion and research; promote consistency in legislation developed by states and territories.

Careers at DPIW

At DPIW there are job opportunities for engineers, microbiologists, surveyors, marine zoologists, quarantine officers, hydrographers, plant pathologists, ecologists, farm managers, horticulturalists, valuers, policy analysts - the list goes on.

CPE Rural

Professional services firm, providing recruitment, payroll management and project management services to horticultural producers throughout Australia

Drought Force (Aust Govt)

Drought Force helps individual farms and farm communities that have been severely affected by drought. It aims to help farmers with their workforce needs, especially those who have lost workers because of drought, by keeping the pool of farm labour from moving away from the region.

Employing people (www.business.gov.au)

Information about hiring people; employer obligations; employee entitlements; skills and training; complaints, disputes and employee relations.

Farm recruitment

Information on recruitment, induction, retention planning, apprentices and trainees etc

Harvest Hotline Australia

Provides a register of Australian and international staff to work as fruit pickers, header/cotton picker drivers, farmhands and general harvest help for wheat, cotton, fruit or vegetables

Harvest Trail seasonal employment

Website listing seasonal harvest work opportunities around Australia. Search by state or territory. Farmers looking for seasonal workers can register on the site as an employer and have their job opportunities listed.

How do I staff my business? (Business Point)

Covers attracting and retaining staff plus human resource issues as your business gets bigger.

Outback International

Outback Staff is a human resources service experienced in agricultural and regional Australia.

Seasonal work in Australia

Online database of seasonal and casual work opportunities around Australia. The site actively targets working- travellers including overseas backpackers but is of interest to all job-seekers looking for employment in harvest and other farm work.

Workcover Tasmania

The WorkCover Tasmania Board is established by the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (1988)

An Act to provide for the rehabilitation and compensation of workers in respect of occupational injuries suffered by workers.

Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995

An Act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in, engaged in or affected by industry, to provide for the safety of persons using amusement structures and temporary public stands.

Workplace Standards Tasmania

Workplace Standards Tasmania is responsible for administering much of the legislation that regulates business in Tasmania including OH&S, workers compensation, long service leave, shop trading hours, bank holidays and many industrial relations matters.