If you’ve lost your job, been stood down or suddenly find your business without customers due to the coronavirus pandemic, you might be tackling Centrelink for the first time, or the first time in a long time. The advice from Centrelink is to do as many of these steps online as possible to avoid calling […]
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As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds each and every day, Australian governments at every level are announcing support for small businesses to keep them afloat during these unprecedented and challenging times. We encourage you to come and speak to your Arabon accountant so they can assist you to translate and navigate what measures your business is
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The first step in preparing your small business’ COVID-19 plan is to identify potential risks to your business. Understanding the scope of possible risks will help you develop realistic, cost-effective strategies for dealing with them and a timeline for their implementation. Ways of identifying risk Review your business plan and think about what you couldn’t
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The coronavirus or COVID-19 presents a significant threat not only to human health but also to business. For many businesses, likely moves by governments to contain the public health risk may result in a sudden fall in demand for your products or services, labour shortages and supply disruptions. Businesses must assume that health authorities will
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Following a decision of the Full Bench, the Fair Work Commission has finalised arrangements for modern award changes including the insertion of new annualised salary clauses into several modern awards with effect from 1 March 2020. These changes introduce important new practices for HR and payroll aimed at reducing “wage theft” and non-compliance with awards.
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The colloquial use of the term ‘wage theft’ has become increasingly popular in the workplace relations landscape. A term first used by unions, ‘wage theft’ is now commonly used to describe a failure to pay workers’ correct wages and entitlements. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has been clear in its approach to countering alleged ‘systemic
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Author: Niall Powell, Special Counsel, JHK Legal. A recent decision of the Queensland Supreme Court has relevance to duty considerations for estate planning. In Queensland, the assets of a deceased person are subject to potential family provision application claims. The result of any such claim is that the Court is able to reallocate and redistribute
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There is more to life than spending hours a day generating, sending and following up invoices. There are a couple of simple ways you can make invoicing a fast, efficient, and dare it be said, fun procedure. Here are 6 tips for achieving a more efficient invoicing system that can help to gain time back
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The team at Bright Yellow, are a group of people focused designers who are committed to building brands that enrich lives and forge unforgettable experiences. They are also wonderful clients of Arabon just as Arabon are clients of Bright Yellow. We recently spent some time with Director Rachel Pisasale to understand her agency’s relationship with
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