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1. FPP Blog: Employment Essentials - Annual Leave

   25 February 2020

   Welcome back to the latest in our Industrial Relations Blog SeriesLast week, we discussed where employees’ leave entitlements derive from and outlined the history and entitlement of Long Service Leave. This week, lets take a look at Annual Leave.

   WA | Blog Post

2. FPP Blog: A Brief History of Long Service Leave

   7 February 2020

   Employment legislation has long recognised a number of minimum entitlements that employers must provide to employees. Industrial Relations Officer Kate Hall explores the origins of employee leave entitlements, including a brief history of Long Service Leave.

   WA | Blog Post | HR

3. FPP Blog: The lowdown on available pharmacist-administered immunisations in WA

   31 January 2020

   Vaccination is the best defence against contagious diseases. By getting vaccinated people can protect both themselves and also vulnerable people who can't get vaccinated such as babies.

   WA | Blog Post | Training, Community Engagement, Clinical

4. FPP Blog: How to yield efficiencies in your pharmacy workflow

   24 January 2020

   “Efficiency is the ability to avoid wasting resources, efforts and time in doing something or in producing a desired result… The highest type of efficiency is that which can utilise existing material to the best advantage” Jawaharlal Nehru, former Prime…

   WA | Blog Post | Capability, Business Administration, Innovation, Leadership, Resilience

5. FPP Blog: 5 Steps to Best Practice Wound Care in Your Pharmacy

   17 January 2020

   Wound care costs billions of dollars worldwide with cost estimates for healthcare systems totalling approximately 3% of national health care budgets. In Australia there are over 400,000 sufferers of chronic wounds at any time, with numbers expected to increase as…

   WA | Blog Post | Capability, Training, Business Administration, Clinical

6. FPP Blog: 8 Essential Cyber Security Mitigation Strategies for Your Business

   10 January 2020

   Businesses are encouraged to implement eight essential mitigation strategies as there is no single mitigation strategy which is guaranteed to prevent cyber security incidents.In 2018 Data breaches in Australia resulted in average costs of $108 per capita. Furthermore, 58% of…

   WA | Blog Post | Business Administration, Innovation, Infrastructure

7. FPP Blog: Critical KPI's for Pharmacy Retail

   2 January 2020

   Pharmacy as a business model is unique in so many aspects, but it still has a lot of elements in common with many other retail businesses. Insulating ourselves within our own industry can restrict our ability to learn from others…

   WA | Blog Post | Business Administration, Innovation

8. FPP Blog: Surviving the silly season

   9 December 2019

   Welcome to December, the most crucial month of the year in retail. According to Roy Morgan’s annual Christmas retail sales forecasts, Australians are predicted to spend more than $52.7 billion over the Christmas period, an increase of 2.6% from 2018.…

   WA | Blog Post | Training, Business Administration, Leadership, Resilience

9. FPP Blog: An informed pharmacy is an empowered pharmacy

   6 December 2019

   The WA Commercial Tenancy Act is now under review!In Western Australia, most retail shop leases are regulated by the Commercial Tenancy (Retail Shops) Agreements Act WA. Having an understanding of the Act is essential when leasing premises to operate a…

   WA | Blog Post | Capability, Business Administration, Infrastructure, Resilience

10. FPP Blog: The 3 Dimensions of Job Satisfaction

    2 December 2019

    If you want passion, enthusiasm, energy, caring and concern from your employees towards your customers, what do you need to do?

    WA | Blog Post | HR, Capability, Business Administration, Leadership