In recognition of the continuing struggle of care providers to innovate to cope with the newly introduced National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) MYOB has brought a selection of its partners together to spearhead the provision of integrated software solutions to facilitate business improvement. These solutions will assist care providers to innovate in areas that are seen as…
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) threw down the gauntlet last Thursday when they agreed to cutting Sunday and public holiday penalty rates. The FWC will be implementing changes from March onwards. If you’re a business owner operating in the hospitality, restaurant, fast-food, retail or pharmacy industries, how can you make sure your business doesn’t suffer?…
Would you spend months choosing exactly the right car, pay top dollar, then leave it in a laneway with the windows down and the keys in the ignition? You wouldn’t leave a car to be stolen. But businesses invest even more in headhunting star performers, only to see them quit after six months. You lose…
A Victorian mining company has stumbled into one of the largest payouts in the Fair Work Ombudsman’s history. The Ombudsman ruled that Deepcore Australia underpaid 205 employees across regional Victoria and Queensland a total of $2.09 million. What makes this story significant is not just the size of the payout: it’s that this massive liability…
easyemployer has been working with practices within the Vet industry for many years now. Our unique cloud-based workforce management offering is uniquely feature rich yet cost effective – and that works really well for vet practices. Recently easyemployer‘s CEO, Michael Hazilias, was interviewed for a podcast focused on “how to cut costs and save time with…
We get loads of questions regarding workforce management software – many of those questions are related to time tracking software. Here are three of the most commonly asked time tracking questions, answered. If your question isn’t here then contact us and we will be happy to answer any queries you have regarding time tracking or…
With the Federal Election looming, Sunday penalty rates are generating heat. Labor thinks they should stay, while the Liberals have mixed opinions on the matter.Both parties’ ultimately handball the issue, saying it’s a matter for the Fair Work Commission. There has also been the usual amount of name calling on both sides. As a manager,…
As a smart business owner you strive to spend your time working on your business rather than handling all those time consuming and low value-add office administrative functions.One administrative function you are likely to find both frustrating and time consuming is payroll. It’s not that payroll isn’t important, but it is a standard procedure and…
The silly season is upon us and as such we have included some great tips and information to help you deal with some common holiday period issues (like dealing with leave requests!). Happy Holidays!
Angela runs a busy pharmacy in a suburban shopping centre. One of her best workers is a 23-year-old science student named Pete. He’s bright, capable, and gets along with co-workers and customers.There’s one problem. Pete’s responsible for ordering new stock, and he’s made some expensive mistakes lately. Angela has asked Pete to pay more attention,…