Ombudsman Asking for Feedback from Female Business Owners
As a way of supporting and encouraging females to take up entrepreneurship in Australia, women who currently lead or own businesses are being asked to share their experiences. The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman has released a survey aimed at identifying any unique challenges and opportunities experienced by women who own and lead […]
Australian Government Introduces New Casual Employment Laws
The Australian Government has announced that businesses who have long-term casual staff might soon be hit with fines exceeding $66,000, if they don’t offer them permanent positions. Since Monday 27th September, employers across the country must begin contacting casual staff who have been employed for at least 12 months, with a written offer to convert […]
Abuse Towards Retail Staff Increases In Sydney During Lockdown
Newly published data has shown that abuse towards retail staff in Sydney has skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic. Threats, violence and verbal abuse has increased by almost 80 percent in some parts of Sydney over the past 12 months. The research indicates that the abuse has been the most frequent to occur in areas in […]
Australian Businesses Admit To Struggling To Retain and Attract Quality Staff
Ongoing border closures and a ban on international travel means that Australian businesses have lost access to technical and skilled workers from overseas coming into the country. As a result of this businesses are now having to fight for available resources and things could potential become more challenging for small businesses across the country. The […]
Australia’s Economic Recovery Has Hit A Major Roadblock With Recent Lockdowns
Newly published data illustrates that Australia’s economic recovery significantly stagnated in July, as this was the month where small businesses recorded their worst performance since December 2020 in the face of ongoing lockdown restrictions affecting more than half of the Australian population. On Thursday 26th August Xero published results of their latest small business index, […]
The ATO Clashes With The Senate Over The Disclosure Of JobKeeper Order
Commissioner of Taxation Chris Jordan has argued public interest immunity against a Senate order that would have required the ATO to publish a list of businesses with a turnover of more than $10 million who were recipients of the JobKeeper wage subsidy. The Senate order, moved by independent senator Rex Patrick, would have also obliged […]
Australia’s Unemployment Rate Dropped In Latest Lockdown As People Gave Up Looking For Work
The unemployment rate across Australia has dropped during the latest wave of lockdowns, as a large number of unemployed Australians simply gave up looking for work. Australia’s unemployment rate dropped from 4.9 percent in June to 4.6 percent in July. These figures have been recorded despite there only being an extra 2,200 extra people becoming […]
The Legal Consequences Of The High Courts Casual Employee Decision
The High Court of Australia has decided to unanimously uphold an appeal from recruitment company WorkPac against a 2020 Federal Court decision, ruling that WorkPac’s former employee, Robert Rossato, was in fact classed as a casual employee at law. In May 2020, the Full Federal Court ruled that casual employees who work stable, regular hours with […]
Australia Set To Avoid Another Recession Despite New Lockdowns
According to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Governor Philip Lowe, Australia is set to avoid another recession, despite the countries recent economic comeback being halted by the number of new lockdowns introduced across the country to stop the spread of the Delta covid-19 variant. Mr. Lowe believes that Australia’s economy will bounce back quickly once […]
Greater Sydney Lockdown Set To Result 300,000 Job Losses
The significant amount of economic damaged caused by the covid-19 outbreak in Sydney is starting to show up in the national employment data, and is unfortunately beginning to spill over into over states. Figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) illustrate that across Australia, women are losing jobs at a faster rate than […]