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Conscience trumps cash for motivation

July 23rd, 2009 By Chris Taylor, CCH senior writer It's easy for mainstream employers to envisage and dismiss ethical jobs as being the preserve of rabid left wingers, the old and...

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AFPC resists largesse for low-paid

July 9th, 2009 By Chris Taylor, CCH senior writer The Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) has resisted the temptation to bow out with a show of generosity, leaving the federal...

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Work-life balance: rhetoric v reality

June 25th, 2009 By Carol Louw, CCH senior writer A recent study of 12,000 top end Australian managers has revealed that the key determinant of an effective work-life balance is not a...

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Managing the swine flu issue

May 29th, 2009 How can you tell if one of your employees has contracted swine flu? They come out in rashers. Yes, it’s no joking matter, but just how seriously do employers...

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Work Choices instruments and the new IR regime

May 19th, 2009 What will happen to Work Choices industrial instruments when the Fair Work system begins? Joydeep Hor and Louise Keats, from Harmers Workplace Lawyers, examine this...

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Paid parental leave to start in 2011

May 11th, 2009 Primary carers will receive 18-weeks of post-natal leave to be paid at the adult federal minimum wage. Is it enough, asks CCH’s Chris Taylor? The scheme will not...

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Advantage employer: a shift in the recruitment ground

May 4th, 2009 Economic doom merchants forecast one million Australians could be unemployed by the end of 2010, but is this predicted slide into the abyss really being reflected in the...

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Adverse action? Where was the debate?

April 28th, 2009 Employers could be stung with uncapped payouts and court intervention in the workplace thanks to unheralded adverse action provisions in the federal government’s new...

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A practical guide to good faith bargaining for employers

April 15th, 2009 Good faith bargaining is a central feature of the agreement-making framework under the Fair Work Act 2009 . According to the government, the aim of the proposed good...

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Tax relief for bushfire victims and tax deductibility of donations

Denying the CGT main residence exemption to “Aussie expats” –– adapting to the new rules, and why “tax residency” is now even more important than ever

Going, going, gone… main residence exemption for non-residents

Quo vadis: holding cost deductions on vacant land

Denying the CGT main residence exemption to “Aussie expats” –– adapting to the new rules, and why “tax residency” is now even more important than ever

Going, going, gone… main residence exemption for non-residents

CGT Main residence exemption and death

In-specie super contribution can be CGT event to trigger 15-year exemption: ATO view incorrect

Economic activity in space — developments in taxation

International tax trust morass — again!

Glencore decision limits transfer pricing reconstruction powers — case overview

Update on tax residency — High Court refuses to grant ATO special leave to appeal in Harding

The IOOF decision: was it correctly decided?

Superannuation guarantee amnesty introduced … again! And this time with a real sting in the tail …

Penalty interest and TR 2019/2 in the context of SMSFs with LRBAs

What will I need to do? Practical responses to the Banking Royal Commission

Economic activity in space — developments in taxation

Introduction of director penalty notices and estimates for GST

Directors beware — extended liability for superannuation guarantee charge, PAYG withholding tax and GST

New GST withholding obligation starts

FBT Season Tips 2018: Work-related items exemption

'Tis the season for FBT: ATO update

Australian Tax Treaties 2018: Revised German Agreement and TIEA with Brunei

FBT Talk: Let the 2018 Entertainment FBT challenge begin…

Victorian SRO awakens and drops ‘practical approach’ to applying foreign purchaser additional duty for discretionary trusts

Proposed changes to surcharge purchaser duty and surcharge land tax law for discretionary trusts owning residential land in NSW

Discretionary trusts — do we need to rethink having a wide class of beneficiaries?

Limits on what is goodwill — High Court case

Accountants Faring Well in the Future of Virtual Reality

The future experience defined by the ATO

What is driving innovation in accounting right now?

Budget Overview – still room for some rabbits (Broader Economic and Political Overview)

Recovering from bushfires – help available

Wolters Kluwer Submission on the Three Year Audit Cycle for some SMSFs

Tyler Wise, Intelligent Accounting Trail Blazer

Adapting to Change: Moving Your Firm to Compliance Advisory

Accountants Faring Well in the Future of Virtual Reality

Predictive accounting – the next generation

The impact of the Internet of Things on Accounting

CCH iFirm's E-Learning Platform is here

Google's preferred mobile friendly format

Does your website look dated?

Introducing the CCH Web Manager Resource Hub

Introducing Our Newest Pre-designed Templates - Nebula and Titan

Changes to Procedures in Family Law Courts in 2020

Super-splitting for WA de facto couples

Eight tips for dealing with overseas property

Eight tips on add-backs

Starting the insurance claims process

Insurance — Banking Royal Commission final report

2017 Wrap Up — Commercial law

Marketing class actions: A new frontier

What should be included in your whistleblowing policy

Have you got a whistleblower policy in place?

Financial advice and regulators — Banking Royal Commission final report

2018 Annotations of the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA)

The safe harbour legislation and its impact on the right to terminate leases for insolvency events

Strata and Holiday Letting – a word of caution about the game changer

Can a strata by-law restrict Airbnb style holiday lettings? A new legal decision is a game changer

NSW: Strata Defects Regime has commenced

Medical mesh suppliers and manufacturers found negligent

Total and Permanent Disablement in Superannuation and Insurance

The plane truth re-visited — plane crash survivor’s PTSD found not to be a bodily injury

Employer liable for driver’s fatigue after working four consecutive night shifts

Competition — How could the ACCC’s recommendations affect Google and Facebook?

2017 Wrap Up — Commercial law

Dallas Buyers Club — court limits what copyright owners can demand

Court orders changes to the appearance of a house

Restoring confidence: Crown successfully challenges order that confidentiality clause be bypassed on case management grounds

Recent cases provide guidance on how to calculate an employee’s annual rate of earnings

Managing employees during the Australian bushfires

‘Tis the season for Christmas parties: Are you prepared?

Compliance — WHS — white collar employers’ duty to manage fatigue

Cognitive flow: the secret to getting more done in less time

The first Category 1 offence to be prosecuted in South Australia

China gets serious about safety

Final Commonwealth guidelines for Modern Slavery Act reporting entities released

A Religious Discrimination Bill – an overview for employers

Employment contract law -v- religious discrimination protections: will Israel Folau overturn his dismissal by Rugby Australia?

Criminal record not a get out of jail free card for employers