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05.07.2020
‘Unexpected error’: ATO website crashes
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) portal appears to have crashed on Wednesday morning, the first day of the new financial year. Wednesday 1 July marks the first day Australians in need can access the second batch of early superannuation, meaning they can ...
05.07.2020
Coronavirus: Flexibility measures extended for clerks, payroll employees
Employers have been handed a reprieve from the Fair Work Commission after it agreed to extend special conditions covering more than one million clerical, payroll and administrative workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes to the clerks award, ...
28.06.2020
Will the Aussie workplace change permanently?
The younger the employee, the less courage they have to ask their employer to make permanent working from home arrangements Many people have discovered just how much work they can achieve while working at home – especially if they have the right digital ...
28.06.2020
Employsure denies misrepresentation claims
Workplace relations advisor Employsure is denying that it misled consumers into thinking it was affiliated with the Fair Work Ombudsman, in legal action brought by the ACCC. In Federal Court proceedings, the ACCC is claiming Employsure misrepresented ...
28.06.2020
Stand down and out: FWC dismisses challenge to stand down
Across Australia, employers continue to face the difficult challenge of standing down employees in response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under s524 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), an employer is able to stand down an employee in ...
28.06.2020
ATO reins in early access to super tax schemes
Australians looking to take advantage of a tax benefit loophole in the COVID-19 early access to super scheme have now been put on notice as the ATO releases guidance on when it will apply the general anti-avoidance rule. The Tax Office has now drawn a ...
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