by Slye Joy | Jul 4, 2018 | News
Smithink director David Smith advised firm owners to hold training sessions for their team around the use of shortcut keys and pointing out when they should be using them.“Let’s assume you’ve got five people in your firm producing on average $100,000 in fees each. If...
by Slye Joy | Jul 3, 2018 | News
Yesterday, the Institute of Public Accountants backed the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman’s report highlighting how businesses struggle for growth due to the lack of adequate capital, finance and support.According to the ASBFEO’s ‘Affordable...
by Slye Joy | Jul 2, 2018 | News
The ASBFEO’s ‘Affordable capital for SME growth’ report was hailed by the IPA for reinforcing many of the sentiments it has held in the past around small business financing.IPA chief executive Andrew Conway said the recommendations are very consistent with the...
by Slye Joy | Jun 29, 2018 | News
Earlier this week, the government released a proposals paper setting out a model for extending UCT protections to insurance contracts.The proposed model involves amending section 15 of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (IC Act) to allow the UCT laws in the Australian...
by Slye Joy | Jun 29, 2018 | Blog
While the Fair Work Act 2009 considers redundancy a legitimate reason for the termination of an employee’s employment, employers cannot simply use it as a reason to remove an employee from the business.When making employees redundant, employers must ensure that the...