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Avoid The Post-Holiday Sales Dip with These Strategies
The New Year brings fresh opportunities, but for many businesses, the first quarter can feel like a sales wasteland. While it’s not typically a peak sales period, food-related spending showed modest growth during the same time last year, according to the Australian...
Chronic Disease and How It Can Impact Your Business
About half of Australians have one or more chronic diseases or conditions, says the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Unsurprisingly, this issue is becoming increasingly prevalent in Australian workplaces. Such diseases are long-lasting, with effects that persist...
Why Almost 3 in 10 Aussie Workplaces Lack Harassment Data
Workplace harassment remains a critical issue in Australia. While many businesses have developed formal policies, far fewer collect meaningful data. Shockingly, 28% of workplaces in Australia don’t collect any data on sexual harassment occurrences, leaving risks...
Cyber Safety, Simplified: The Essential Eight Principles
Cyber threats pose a constant and increasing concern for businesses of all sizes, including SMEs. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) reported a 12% increase in calls to the Cyber security Hotline (1300 CYBER1) in 2023-24, highlighting the urgent need for...
Wellbeing Wins: What Worked for Australian SMEs in 2024
Fewer than half of Australian workers said their employers would put worker wellbeing above short-term business gains. How does worker wellbeing factor into your SME? Perhaps, like an increasing number of workplaces in 2024, you’ve implemented programs to boost...
Mandatory Five-Day Workweek: A Fix for Construction?
Construction workers are no strangers to long hours and tight deadlines. Researchers from the University of Technology have crunched the numbers: Four in 10 workers exceed a five-day workweek More than a quarter clock 55+ hours weekly, and A staggering 37% are ‘on...
More Businesses Seek IR Help: Here’s Why It Matters
Australian small-to-medium-sized businesses are increasingly seeking tailored industrial relations (IR) advice. According to the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), there’s been a significant jump in custom IR advice requests. Its Employer Advisory Service (EAS) handled...
Ending Hazing: Protecting the Next Generation of Tradies
A recent incident involving a plumber in Victoria has highlighted the issue of apprentice hazing or bastardisation. A plumber was fined $20,000 in October after being found guilty of driving with a 19-year-old apprentice locked inside a toolbox on the tray of a ute...
Proactive Measures: Latent Defects Insurance Insights
NSW is looking to make latent defects insurance (LDI) compulsory for high-rise residential buildings by 2028. This transformative move has been described as a “game changer” by insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney. Read on to find out more about latent defects...
Stay Ahead of the Flexi-Hose Epidemic: What You Need to Do
Flexi-hoses in homes or commercial properties built in the past 30 years could be a ticking time bomb. How can you know if your property is at risk? This article explains what they are, the damage they can cause and preventative measures. What are flexi-hoses?...