Nestled among lush parklands on the banks of Ascot Waters, Blackburne’s latest property development is seeking to challenge perceptions of what it means to live in an apartment.
The new Annualised Wage provisions by Fair Work Commission places new and potentially onerous requirements on employers who pay annualised salaries in substitution for applicable award rates. These changes will impact the way many companies set pay rates, employee time keeping, inform employees, reconcile payroll records and deal with potential underpayments.
Australian capital cities are in the middle of an unprecedented infrastructure spend this decade. However, the delivery of such world class infrastructure revealed by way of a prestigious award highlights the potential health risks to the thousands of workers who support these projects.
Business is fraught with risk. Taking on innovation has risk, striving for growth has risk, and testing new markets has risk. But the biggest risk to business is avoiding risk altogether.
One of the key phrases of education in recent years has been making students ‘work ready’. This essentially means teaching them the tools to be able to go out and thrive in a workplace.
Shares often take centre stage when it comes to building a wealth portfolio, but there’s another asset class that’s been waiting in the wings, developing a strong foundation for investment portfolios.
Many Australians have always aspired to own a home in the burbs, complete with pool, backyard and a verandah out the front. But you don’t need to have a big home, garden and outdoor entertaining area to live in comfort in the inner city.
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) Full-Bench has handed down a decision which will change annualised salary provisions for many modern awards from 1 March 2020.
WHAT IS AN ANNUALISED SALARY?
Recently, I had the privilege of escorting a second group of CEOs, from The CEO Institute, to visit the business of one of the members. He happens to be a farmer and produces crops of various types,
It’s a well-known fact that mining has been a significant primary industry and a major contributor to the Australian economy since the 1800s, with more than 150,000sqkm of Australia’s land surface dir
Australia’s love affair with a home among the gumtrees and a verandah out the front on a quarter acre block is forcing many into hour-long commutes at the expense of quality time with their families.
Many may think that the CEO has it made. Good salary, basically do what they want, have people do their work for them, and enjoy the trappings that come with being the boss. While there are examples