Skills for the future – Mid-Career Apprentices (29 May 07)
What is the Support for Mid-Career Apprentices initiative?
‘Skills for the Future’ is a set of major new initiatives, focusing on the need for continual upgrading of skills over the course of an individual's working life.
The objective of the Support for Mid-Career Apprentices initiative is to enc...
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Recruiting right = right employee! (29 May 07)
No employer needs to be reminded about the current recruitment difficulties resulting from the flow on effect of the state’s skills shortage. Never has there been such a focus on human capital; recruitment agencies are basking in their newfound popularity as the mad scramble to pick up and retain va...
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LEGAL Q&As (29 May 07)
QUESTION:
A customer recently cancelled a carpet order they placed with Shelley’s carpet business approximately six weeks ago. He has now asked for a refund of the 50 per cent deposit he paid at the time of placing the order. Shelley wants to know whether she has to give him a refund.
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Dashboards and Scorecards (29 May 07)
Summary
Dashboards and scorecards are relevant to business users because they conform to the way users work, rather than forcing them to conform to the way analysis and reporting tools work. These applications let users monitor the status of KPIs at a glance and alert users via e-mail or wireless d...
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Democrats IR policy mimics ALP policy but keeps statutory individual contracts (29 May 07)
The Australian Democrats have released an Industrial Relations policy statement which calls for a single national IR system. The proposed system relies on a referral of powers by the States to replace all existing state and federal agencies and tribunals, replacing it with a more powerfu...
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The Fairness Test for Workplace Agreements (29 May 07)
The Federal Government recently announced an intention to establish a ’Fairness Test’ for Workplace Agreements. This ‘Test’ will cover employees who are under individual or collective agreements and who were otherwise entitled to the benefits of protected award conditions (see below). The Test wil...
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Changes to temporary skilled migration (29 May 07)
The Federal Government has announced changes to the temporary skilled migration as part of measures to protect and strengthen the integrity of the 457 visa scheme.
Importantly, these changes include:
new civil penalties for employers who breach the law;
expanded powers for the Departme...
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WA wins accolades in National Safety Awards (29 May 07)
Thirty three state finalists competed at a recent ceremony for this year’s national safety awards. The awards were presented by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Hon Joe Hockey MP and chairman of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council, Mr Bill Scales.
The five...
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New national licences pending for persons performing high risk work (29 May 07)
The latest information regarding the introduction of the new national licence is that although the regulations are expected to be amended by 1 July 2007, the legislation will now only come into effect from 1 October 2007.
There is a transition period of approximately five years from the orig...
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Advertising right: Basics for Small Businesses (29 May 07)
The act of advertising can make all the difference between a business floundering to put itself on the map and the creation of a booming success story. How do you get it right?
If customers are not aware of your product or service, how can you expect them to come to you? When you look at any thrivi...
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BizTech Tips (29 May 07)
Yvonne Parle, CCI Information Management
Have you ever pressed “Send” on an email message, and then thought: “Oh no! I forgot to mention so and so,” or realised you’d sent it to the wrong person?
The BizTech Tip below explains how to create a rule in Microsoft Outlook to add a custom delay ...
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Book opens for SMEs to export globally (29 May 07)
The Australian Government has agreed to grant the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) additional powers to help Australia’s small to medium-sized exporters (SMEs) expand globally, the Australian Minister for Trade, Warren Truss, has announced.
Mr Truss said the expanded mandate will all...
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State turns its back on legitimate demands for tax relief (29 May 07)
There is virtually nothing for business in the State Budget brought down today – no tax relief to speak of, no attempt to rein in runaway general spending and no evidence of an appetite for tackling the state’s deteriorating tax competitiveness.
The Budget is a sign of a government that is affluent...
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Small Business and the Code of Banking Practice
What is it?
The Code of Banking Practice (the Code) is a voluntary Code of Conduct that sets standards of good practice for banks. Since the review of the Code in 2003, the Code applies to small business as well as individual consumers. Thirteen banks have subscribed to the Code, including the fou...
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