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Episodes
Ep 26: Employee Benefits - The Costs Employers Often Overlook (And How to Get It Right)
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Employee benefits can be a powerful way to attract and retain talent but they often come with costs employers don’t fully consider upfront. In this ...
Ep 25: Drug Testing at Work - Risk, Medicinal Cannabis & the Leadership Mindset Shift
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Drug and alcohol testing is designed to reduce workplace risk — but is it enough? In this episode of HR2Go, Karen speaks with Associate Professor Da...
Ep 24: The HR End of Year Wrap Up: 2025’s Biggest Workplace Issues — with the EWS Team
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special end-of-year roundtable, the EWS team sits down for a rapid-fire look back at the HR moments, surprises and challenges that defined 202...
Ep 23: Psychosocial Hazards - The Hidden Risks Inside Every Workplace
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 23 – Psychosocial Hazards: The Hidden Risks Inside Every Workplace Not all workplace hazards wear high-vis. Some sit quietly in job descript...
Ep 22: Management Vs Leadership - Why Businesses Need Both To Thrive
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the real difference between management and leadership—and why does it matter for your business? In this episode of HR2Go, Karen Arnold unpa...
Ep 21: You’re Hired — Please Wing It! Why Employee Onboarding Matters More Than You Think
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Employee onboarding isn’t just a checklist — it’s the foundation for culture, compliance, and long-term success. In this episode of HR2Go, Karen...
Episode 20: From Grassroots to Growth: Getting HR Right Without the Red Tape
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re a small team doing big things, HR can feel like the last thing on the list. In this episode of HR2Go, Karen chats with Tash from Aussie ...
Episode 19: Your Culture Is Costing You Talent - Leadership, Retention & the Hidden Risks of Compliance Gaps
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s driving your staff turnover — and what can you do about it? In this episode of HR2Go, Karen Arnold sits down with Stephen Woods, Director o...
Episode 18: Payroll Mistakes Are Costly: What Every Australian Business Must Know About Wage Theft Laws in 2025
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Worried about payroll compliance? You should be. In this episode of HR2Go, host Karen Arnold is joined by Senior Consultant Peter Norrie to unpack how...
Episode 17: Compliance or Chaos? Your Essential HR Guide For 2025.
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Compliance or Chaos? Keeping Your Workplace in Check in 2025.
Episode 16: Holiday Hangover - Revitalise Your Team for the New Year
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year... Or is it? In our latest HR to Go podcast episode, Holiday Hangover: Revitalise Your Team for the New Year, we discuss how to re-ener...
Episode 15: Santa's HR Workshop - Navigating Christmas Parties
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Arnold from Effective Workplace Solutions chats about workplace Christmas parties. Listen to find out everything you need to navigate from a hum...
Episode 14: Fine print, big impact: policy power
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Arnold shares the small details in workplace policies that can significantly affect your organisation’s culture, efficiency, and ability to ma...
Episode 13: Employee wellbeing
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The wellbeing of your employees can make or break your business. We share our top tips for enhancing and maintaining workplace wellbeing, from afforda...
Episode 12: Closing the loophole - Part 2
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Remember the podcast episode where we discussed the new ‘Closing the loophole’ legislation (episode nine)? We’ve just recorded a sequel to highl...
Episode 11: A casual conversation
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of HR to Go, Effective Workplace Solutions Founder Greg Arnold dives deep into the evolving landscape of casual employment, focusing o...
Episode 10: Mastering redundancy management
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Discover the key strategies for navigating redundancies with confidence in this exclusive podcast episode hosted by Effective Workplace Solutions. As ...
Episode 9: Closing the loopholes - Part 1
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In December 2023, the Government passed a raft of changes to industrial relations and employment law in Australia. Some of these changes are significa...
Episode 8: HR myths
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of HR to Go, Karen Arnold and Peter Norrie dispel the most common HR myths in Australia.
Episode 7: Employee monitoring and surveillance
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some would argue it’s okay for employers to use technology to monitor the productivity levels of their employees, but where is the line drawn in rel...
Episode 6: Considerations for engaging a consultant
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At some point, all businesses need to engage a consultant—whether it’s for strategic business planning, engineering, HR, financial or marketing. B...
Episode 5: Avoiding fines with payroll reviews
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Norrie and Karen Arnold discuss how a regular payroll review can save businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars and even avoid jail sentences ...
Episode 4: Hybrid workplaces—managing remote workers
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
EWS Managing Director Karen Arnold shares her top tips for successfully managing remote workers.
Episode 3: Q&A—Ask an expert
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Effective Workplace Solutions Director Greg Arnold highlights the most commonly asked questions he receives from clients in relation to employment law...
Episode 2: Steps to manage performance
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode of HR to Go, we ask the managing director of EWS to share her advice about steps for managing employees' performance.
Episode 1: Employee retention strategies
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We share our top tips for retaining employees to help create a great working culture and save your company money.