STPR 3 - Why the change?
Throughout this series on the changes to Single Touch Payroll Reporting (STPR) we have covered how to get your business ready and what's changed and stayed the same.
Get the facts about the change and how STPR will impact your business from our partners BDO, watch the video now. Read more.
Red Tape, Regulation and Union Interference leads to disastrous Labour Hire Bill
The Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017 that was passed in Queensland Parliament yesterday is a prime example of poorly thought through, rushed legislation that will have massive unintended consequences for employment and jobs growth in Queensland. Read more.
Dozens of Fortitude Valley businesses raided by Fair Work
Workplace investigators have raided dozens of Fortitude Valley businesses to audit their wages records after tip-offs that bosses routinely underpaid staff Read more.
Fair Work raids 80 businesses over claims of underpayment
Fair Work inspectors have raided more than 80 businesses in NSW in response to complaints of rampant underpayment of young workers. Read more.
Worker receives $13,000 in compensation for unjust dismissal
An employee at a Sydney RSL club will be paid more than $13,000 in compensation after the Fair Work Commission found she was constructively dismissed from her role when her employer cut her rostered shifts by 75%. Read more.
STPR 2 - What's changing and what's staying the same?
The pending introduction of the Australian Tax Office’s (ATO's) Single Touch Payroll Reporting (STPR) requirements from July 2018 will create significant changes for how businesses across the country report to and engage with regulators. Read more.
Record trade surplus for 2016-17 despite Cyclone Debbie
Queensland’s trade surplus on goods and services narrowed to $6.6 billion in the June quarter based on the latest Balance of Payments data released by the ABS. The trade surplus hit a record high of $9.5 billion in December 2016 but has since declined 30 per cent during the first half of 2017. Read more.
Boss slugged with maximum penalty for not paying employee for 3 months
An agency named United Consulting supplied the employee to work as a mechanic at a car dealership in Richmond between January and March last year, but failed to pay the worker any wages. Read more.
Worker who can't balance till gets $13,566 for unfair dismissal
A bartender whose till was out by hundreds of dollars had her shifts cut. She has won more than $13,000. Read more.
The Buy Queensland policy. Brexit or no big deal?
The big state politics story this week has been the State Labor Government's recent decision to potentially give Queensland-based businesses a 30% preference on government contracts. Read more.
Four Lockyer Valley farms raided over claims of ripping workers off
Police and government agencies have raided Lockyer Valley farms over allegations of workers being ripped off. Read more.
Strategies for outsourcing the things you really need to be outsourcing
We all reach a stage in our business where we simply can't do any more. Our days have become longer and longer and we are spending way too much time doing the tasks that we really shouldn't be doing. We know we need to outsource, but where do we start, will it be worth it, and what about those bad experiences in the past? Read more.
Throwing your procurement weighting around
At CCIQ we are always careful to review and compare strategy and policy, because what is formulated as a strategy may not always make it to a policy. It can be like comparing a concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show to what arrives in driveways 18 months later. Read more.
Employers hit with $37,000 in backpay
Two small businesses have been forced to pay $37,000 in back-pay after the Fair Work Ombudsman found they were underpaying their staff. Read more.
STPR1 - Getting your business ready for Single Touch Payroll Reporting
A change to single touch payroll is coming. Single Touch Payroll Reporting (STPR) has been introduced by the Australian Tax Office (ATO), which means most businesses will need to update their payroll systems in order to report to the ATO in real time. Read more.
Sudden cardiac arrest in the workplace - what would you do?
Beware of the marketing fluff
In our socially active world, there is no doubt that social media has greatly impacted our lives. How we interact with our friends, how we entertain ourselves, how we do business and of course, how we market to our audience has all changed.
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IR Legislation will not save a single life
Every Queenslander deserves the right to go to work and return to home to their families at the end of the day. As a state, Queensland has come a long way in the last few years with workplace tragedies declining by over a third in the last 8 years as employers, employees and legislators take a collective approach to ensuring that workplace safety is a shared workplace responsibility. Read more.
Boss allegedly threatens staff who talked to Fair Work with sack
A Gold Coast security company owner is facing charges in the Federal Circuit Court for allegedly sacking a worker sick with pneumonia, threatening to sack staff who spoke to the Fair Work Ombudsman and underpaying staff. Read more.
Gold Coast workers back paid $50,000 in owed wages
Three workers in Queensland’s Gold Coast region have been back-paid more than $50,000 in owed wages and entitlements after seeking assistance from the Fair Work Ombudsman. Read more.