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A step-by-step set of compliance checks for hosts running several outside crews through a planned plant turnaround: provider licences, high risk work licence classes, inductions and consultation when the scope changes. It is written for Melbourne maintenance and operations managers who use labour hire.
22 Oct 2026
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A practical review of regular casuals against the Fair Work Ombudsman's definition and worked example, with a six-monthly routine you can run before anyone gives notice. It is written for Melbourne employers who run casual and labour hire staff in warehouses, plants and trades.
22 Oct 2026
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A step-by-step way to answer a casual employee's written notice under the employee choice pathway, based on the Fair Work Ombudsman's guidance. It is for managers and HR leads who employ regular casuals, and for hosts who use labour hire and want to know where the notice goes.
22 Oct 2026
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A plain guide to what a host employer prepares, shows and agrees with a labour hire provider before the first placement, based on WorkSafe Victoria's guidance for hosts. It is for plant, warehouse and trades managers in Melbourne who use labour hire or are about to.
22 Oct 2026
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A machine-to-class map built on WorkSafe Victoria's list of 30 high risk work licence classes, grouped by what a plant, warehouse or shutdown crew actually uses. It is for Melbourne hosts who want to name the class before a labour hire operator starts on a machine.
22 Oct 2026
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A short sequence for moving a placed worker to a new task, machine, area or site: what WorkSafe Victoria says about consulting the provider and the worker first, what to check and what to record. It is for Melbourne warehouse and plant managers who use labour hire.
22 Oct 2026
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A clause-by-clause list of what the Labour Hire Authority and WorkSafe Victoria say a host should put in writing before labour hire workers start. Written for operations and procurement managers in Melbourne who are about to sign an agreement with a provider.
22 Oct 2026
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The red flags the Labour Hire Authority gives for licence fraud and illegal phoenix activity, from paperwork that cannot be verified to a quote that looks too low. Written for Melbourne employers who use labour hire or are about to sign with a provider.
22 Oct 2026
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Learn what each filter on the Victorian labour hire licence register shows, how Follow My Providers alerts work and what a one-page record of each check should hold. Written for Melbourne hosts who already use, or are about to use, a labour hire provider.
22 Oct 2026
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Learn how the Labour Hire Authority's factors separate labour supply from a defined service, with three worked examples you can hold against your own suppliers. Written for Melbourne plant, warehouse and trades managers who pay contractors by the hour.
22 Oct 2026
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What national food and beverage employers' graduate pages do and do not say about NSW, Queensland and South Australia, plus the questions to ask before you relocate. It is for students, graduates and advisers outside Victoria.
20 Oct 2026
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A plain walk through the three stream groups, the two-year rotation and the application checklist on Nestle's own NextGen page, plus what to check on the page before you apply. It is for final-year students, recent graduates and the adults advising them.
20 Oct 2026
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A short map of the production, warehouse, apprenticeship and supervisor routes into food and consumer goods manufacturing, and what each one asks of you. It is written for students, graduates and the adults advising them who missed a graduate intake or are not yet eligible.
20 Oct 2026
