Each year, the Fair Work Commission reviews the national minimum wages and pay rates paid under Awards and has announced a 3.5% increase to base rate of pay applying from 1 July 2018. If you are paying your employees under an Award, please make

The following is an extreme example but one that demonstrates the need for business  owners to ensure they have proper WH&S practices in place. The following story was related to me by an associate who is a partner in another accounting

We had a lot of feedback in respect of the April article on contractor v employees. We thought we should follow it up with some further information. From the feedback there appears to be some confusion about the application of the penalties. The

Background From 1 July 2018, if you are a business that provides courier or cleaning services you will need to report payments you make to contractors if: · the payments are for courier or cleaning services · you have an Australian business number