Employing and managing people

Hiring, managing and supporting your workforce

Find information, tips and templates to help you:

  • understand the basics of human resources
  • hire the right people
  • manage and retain your staff
  • meet your legal obligations.

Human resources health check

Assess the health of your business's human resources to better understand your HR capabilities and find opportunities to improve it.

Planning your workforce

Find out how to plan your workforce so you have the right staff with the right skills, and learn how to engage an Industry Workforce Advisor.

Hiring and recruitment

Find tips, templates and advice to help you conduct a fair recruitment process, meet your legal obligations and employ the right people.

Your responsibilities as an employer

Learn about the legal responsibilities you must meet when you employ people.

High-performing and positive workplaces

Find tools and information to create a work environment that helps lower staff turnover and increase business productivity and profitability.

Managing and leading in a small business

Read how different management styles affect the success of your business and how to develop your own leadership skills and those of your team.

Training and developing staff

Find guidelines and templates to help you develop training programs that benefit your business and your employees.

Payroll tax

Find out about payroll tax and when it applies to you. Learn how to register and what your obligations are.

Managing employee dismissal and redundancy

Find advice and examples to help you act fairly and legally when ending someome's employment in your business.

Assess your human resources health

Understand your business's human resource capabilities and find opportunities to improve it.

Start the human resources health check

Tools and resources

Find more information on human resources and employment support for your small business.

Support for employers

Find support for Queensland employers to hire jobseekers and manage their workforce.

Human resources templates

Use our human resources and employment templates to help you employ and manage staff.

Back to Work – for employers

The Back to Work program provides multiple funding and support opportunities to employers, jobseekers and industry.

  • Updated: 23 Mar 2023
  • Reviewed: 28 Sep 2022