As an employer, it’s important to understand your legal responsibilities. Business Victoria offers resources to help you meet your obligations and build a productive team.
If your business pays wages to employees, you may need to pay payroll tax. Learn how payroll tax works in Victoria and if you need to register.
The Fair Work Ombudsman website also has helpful resources including:
Organisations have a number of responsibilities that are set out in the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 and federal anti-discrimination laws. The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission can help you meet your legal obligations and develop policies to prevent discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying in your organisation.
The Workforce Australia for businesses page provides free services to help Australian businesses find and hire staff.
There are a number of local employment service providers that work with unemployed people. Success comes from relationships established and fostered over time, so make time to connect with different organisations and discover how you can work together. They can assist employers with:
Find a service provider near you by simply typing your postcode into the search field.
The Chisholm Skills and Jobs Centre helps businesses meet workforce needs by matching them with qualified job seekers.
They provide free services to help your business grow its workforce, including:
Jobs Victoria offers free recruitment support from state government, plus tools and resources to connect businesses and employers with new staff.
Building relationships with schools and students can develops an employee pipeline for your business, and helps students to better understand the world of work.
While connecting with schools individually can be valuable, the Frankston Mornington Peninsula Local Learning and Employment Network (FMPLLEN) works with secondary schools across the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region.
They can help employers make connections with schools and students. This can take the form of industry expos, student site visits to businesses, work experience programs, advertising jobs, connecting businesses to schools, linking training institutions (like Chisholm TAFE) to business and students, working with careers advisors at schools, facilitating transport to TAFE for students and more.
While you may want to fill a 38 hour/week position with an experienced person, the reality is that it may not be that simple. If you cant fill a position, consider whether you can:
Building a workforce that has a diverse range of backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences adds richness to your workplace culture. Research shows that a diverse workforce delivers more innovation and improvement. Find advice for building a diverse and inclusive workforce on the Workforce Australia website and more resources on the Access and Inclusion section of this website.
Employer incentives for apprentices are outlined through the Australian Apprenticeships Incentives Program (AAIP) and the Incentives for Australian Apprenticeships (IAA) on the Australian Government Apprenticeships website.
Apprenticeship Careers Australia takes the hard work and administration out of recruiting, training and employing apprentices and trainees in your business. Backed by Australia’s foremost experts in business through the Australian Business Chamber movement, our team has the experience, knowledge and research behind us to best manage apprentices and trainees in your business.
MAS experience gives you access to individuals who are eager to learn, trained to your specific business requirements, and who are working towards a nationally recognised qualification. Tailored support to assist businesses in finding employees (Apprentices) who possess the personal attributes and skills necessary to succeed in your business. The MAS team support businesses through streamlined completion of compliance requirements to help them register their Apprentice and apply for any incentives they may be eligible for.
You can also download this factsheet for information and contacts for Apprenticeships & Traineeships in the South Eastern Melbourne and Peninsula region.
Meet Laura Skvor who has risen from a local talent to be an international culinary star – and her career started right here on the Mornington Peninsula with a local apprenticeship. Come behind the scenes and hear what were the important foundation factors in her success.
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Don’t underestimate the power of putting a notice in your shop window or a sign out the front of your business, but make sure it is neat and tidy. You don’t want to put prospective applicants off!
Word of mouth can work really well. Ask your current staff if they know of anyone looking for work. You can also ask your customers and share job opportunities through your social media or newsletter channels. Some local Facebook or Whats App groups could also help you to find new staff members.
Leverage your networks, they may know of people looking for work. Consider sharing an employee with another business. If you are a member of an industry association, they may have a jobs board on their website.
Job Vacancy Websites
Some are free, or require a sign up, and other require a fee. Pick the platform that works for your business.
Training your staff ensures they are actively engaged and helps them to perform their job better. Training can be simple skills sessions, accredited short courses, or formal qualifications.
Visit the Business Victoria website to find resources that can help you to build your employees’ skills in areas that’ll help your business and improve staff job satisfaction
Chisholm TAFE is one of Victoria’s premier public vocational education and training providers with a local campus at Rosebud, and a larger campus at Frankston (as well as a number of other sites). Students learn job ready skills and earn a respected qualification.
As well as a wealth of resources online, they have a dedicated team that are able to advise you on the different courses available to your staff, what costs would be involved, whether you can access free courses, and also design bespoke solutions to suit your business and your employees.
A well supported team is more productive and more likely to stay with you longer.
Our Workplace Wellbeing pages offer practical resources and strategies to help businesses create mentally healthy and safe work environments by:
You can also find free services and resources on the Business Victoria website to support sole traders, small businesses, and their employees with managing stress, mental health, and overall wellbeing.
Looking after yourself and your staff is a critical success factor in running a business. Supporting the mental and physical health of your employees is not only a legal requirement, it makes good business sense.
Learn simple, practical ways your business can show visible support for diversity and inclusion, so your staff feel safe, respected and welcome.
Learn how Unna Movement supports women’s wellbeing at work by building confidence, health and leadership for a stronger, more inclusive workforce.
The SEE program provides access to free, customised training aimed at improving reading, writing, maths and basic computer skills among employees.
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Last updated August 2026
