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Are your staff asking to cash out annual leave? There are some important rules to remember before paying out annual leave. Firstly, you must review the employee’s modern award to check that cashing out leave is explicitly allowed. Most awards do allow for excess annual leave to be paid out.  So, if your employee has […]

Whether you’re heading into a holiday period, or just planning to take a break (and congratulations, because a healthy business means work-life balance), it’s important to keep your cashflow under control. This means pre-planning and being proactive. Whether you are in the office or not, there are still overheads and salaries that need to be […]

The summer holiday period can be confusing to employers and employees alike – public holidays worked or taken as annual leave, business shutdowns, annual leave provisions… there are many rules employers need to understand. Fulltime and Parttime employees are entitled to annual leave and public holidays under the National Employment Standards minimum entitlements. Employers can ask employees […]

As a business owner, it’s never been more important to have a good grasp on your finances. For many businesses, priorities have changed, customer behaviours have mutated, and revenue streams have had to evolve and pivot in order to continue doing business. To track, monitor and drive your financial performance, it’s increasingly important to have […]

Holiday breaks are a chance to recharge for the year ahead especially after the year we have had. We look forward to warmer weather and finally setting up an out-of-office email for the break. However, for business owners, this time is a stressful without careful cash-flow planning. Even if you do continue to operate through […]

Optimism among business owners was high coming into 2022. But a number of factors are now making things a lot more challenging: Global events are pushing up energy prices to astronomical levels. Ongoing supply-chain issues are making it difficult to source raw materials. A scarcity of talent is causing problems when it comes to staffing […]