The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has commenced the first legal action utilising new reverse onus of proof laws that require employers to disprove underpayment allegations in Court when they have failed to keep adequate time and wages records or issue…
We are often asked how to identify high value activities (HVA’s) within a business or career, and how to devote optimal time and effort to them. This high performance action covers both questions. A HVA is one that produces (disproportionately)…
The rules for claiming deductions for payments to workers are changing. From 1 July 2019, employers can only claim deductions for payments made to workers where they’ve met the pay as you go (PAYG) withholding obligation for that payment. Where…
Excerpt from ATO – Superannuation contribution cap changes Find out if the superannuation contribution cap changes affect you. This information is relevant to you if you: receive contributions from your employer into super salary sacrifice into super make personal contributions to their…
Travel expenses relating to a residential investment property are not deductible. A residential premise (property) is land or a building that is: occupied as a residence or for residential accommodation intended to be occupied, and is capable of being occupied,…
The Fair Work Commission has varied a number of awards as part of its Modern Award Review. The changes affect rules about casual conversion, minimum engagement periods and rostering arrangements. You can check the changes to your award in the…
Success can drown happiness. That probably seems a highly illogical statement … but it depends on how you define success. We contend, strongly, based on the lives of so many people that success can stifle general happiness. History is littered…
The list of fallacies about what causes success … in business and in life … is endless. Some of them are just quick fix type approaches that appeal to the human psyche of wanting things quickly and easily, some are convoluted…
No one is perfect and neither is any organization. So, mistakes are going to occur, and, in fact, they are a necessary part of improvement. How a business, a team or an individual deal with mistakes is therefore important to…