Over the next couple of months, we have a number of public holidays coming up. So, how do you treat these in JobKeeper? Public holidays (extract from Fair Work Ombudsman) Public holiday pay needs to be included when calculating an…
Email is cursed by so many as the bane of our business lives. It just happens to be probably the most efficient means of communication ever created. It’s instantaneous, can be dealt with by the recipient whenever they choose, we…
Action required As we slowly look forward to a further lift in restrictions, businesses need to consider how they are going to implement a COVID Safe environment as part of the road to recovery. A COVID Safe Plan supports a…
Industries have different reputations and they make a difference to how easy or difficult it is to do business. How is your industry regarded, by government, by the community, by customers and potential customers, by potential employees, by overseas interests?…
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has set reasonable expectations of energy companies to protect small business customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This extends important protections for energy customers and encourages retailers and customers to stay in contact and to reach out…
To get the Why right, make it powerful, and consistently message it outwards and deliver on it, is to go a long way towards having a successful business and reducing competition. Too many businesses concentrate on the What and the…
Earlier in the year The Government announced a range of measures to help tenants and landlords affected by COVID-19 for the period during which the Commonwealth JobKeeper program remains operational. This included a temporary hold on evictions and a mandatory code of…
We need space to succeed, to think clearly, to make good decisions ..to be happy … intellectually, emotionally, personally, practically and professionally. But so much of life is cluttered by noise; not just sounds but distractions and everything that comes…
Australia has over 3.5million small businesses. Small businesses contribute to a third of our economic activity, keep millions of Australians in jobs and are responsible for paying wages to almost half our workforce. They are vital to our everyday lives…
