Staff
Instead of just complying with the fringe benefits tax legislation, why not use it to your advantage? Salary packaging can maximise take-home pay and attract talent. Could salary packaging be a cost-effective way to attract and retain talent? By combining cash salary with other benefits, organisations have greater flexibility to negotiate remuneration, but that’s just one […]
Business travel can turn complicated if it’s not well managed, specially when it comes to travel expenses and making sure these are under control and within budget. In the last few weeks, we’ve seen even the government struggle to manage politicians’ travel expenses. The reality is, today there is technology available that makes it easy […]
“It’s not worth delegating because no one does it as well as I do.” This is just one of the excuses I hear from managers when I ask why they haven’t delegated low value work to someone else in their team. Alternatively they’ll say, “It takes three times as long to delegate then it does […]
According to research carried out by Employsure, Australia’s leading workplace relations specialists, over a third of Australian employers believe flexible work arrangements is the best way stop staff seeking alternative employment. The survey involving 461 small to medium businesses revealed that work-life balance ranked the highest for staff retention over pay rises and training. Edward […]
A new study has revealed that 87% of Australian small-medium businesses agree that music in the workplace increases staff morale and creates a better working environment. The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA), the organisation that provides music licences to Australian businesses, has discovered that music in the workplace can have a positive effect on […]
Week 5 of Citrix’s Business Bootcamp will empower you to build a secure IT environment without compromising workforce mobility As you move to the cloud and rollout your subsequent enterprise mobility strategy, there is one critical area you must not overlook – IT security. Enabling employees to access data and work on the move from […]
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has developed a clause which will allow employees to claim one hour of time off per hour of overtime worked. The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has convinced a Full Bench of the FWC to “extend time-off-in-lieu (TOIL) of overtime provisions throughout the award system,” Ai Group Chief Executive Innes […]
A Melbourne fast food restaurant has been officially cautioned by the Fair Work Ombudsman after a random audit discovered a range of unlawful deductions were being taken from staff wages.
Fortunately for large scale corporates, although key person risk can be nominally substantial, companies are well capitalised to weather the loss. The same cannot always be said for SMEs.
More Australians are encouraged to venture into the SMB world and are on the lookout for savvy business advice. Here are 5 must-know tips.
The Search Party, an online recruitment marketplace founded in Sydney, is making big steps in establishing itself as a worldwide platform, today announcing its acquisition of JobAdvisor.
Advances in technology and cloud computing have made working from anywhere possible. Recent tax amendments in the latest federal budget have also incentivised this, allowing businesses to give their staff all the equipment they need to be truly mobile.
Could your small business benefit from a $50,000 USD incentive travel package to Taiwan for an inspiring team-bonding adventure? If your answer is yes, then you’ll want to read on. For the first time Australian businesses have the opportunity to win an incentive travel package to Taiwan valued at over $50,000 USD, plus a $5,000 […]
Nobody understands the pressures you face on a daily basis and the threats and challenges you have to overcome to succeed. You might say it’s a bit like being a superhero.
The concept of working to live rather than living to work reigns true in many people’s minds and issues like limited work-life balance, unsatisfactory pay and lack of development opportunities become big reasons why staff leave.
The minimum wage in Australia has now risen by $16 per week, a result of the annual wage review decision that came into effect yesterday.
A $228,000 fine has been handed down to the operator of a travel services company for underpaying an employee because she thinks the requirement of minimum pay rates is “just crazy”.
Australia’s standing in the OECD rankings for employment of mature age workers has moved up, yet it still remains far behind New Zealand’s strong results.
Australia Post will be cutting approximately 2,000 jobs as a result of cumulative losses surpassing $1.5 billion in the last 5 years.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has conducted spot checks in restaurants, cafés and catering companies throughout the country, finding over $1.2 million in underpayments in the process.
