The current pandemic of Covid-19 has caused both Government and Business to respond swiftly to the crisis in a multitude of ways. Just as the need of having to adapt quickly is paramount, knee-jerk responses are still to be avoided when making employment decisions. Many businesses have had to put staff off, or in some […]
Another Leader Stands Up to be Counted in the Fight Against Institutional Child Sexual Abuse In alignment with the fight against institutional child sexual abuse, it was noted in The Age newspaper on 20 June 2020 in an article by Journalist Simone Fox Koob, that the former Australian Idol winner, Natalie Gauci has commenced a Civil Claim in […]
Heeding teen’s horrific equestrian jump fall ‘could have saved Olivia and Caitlyn’s lives’ The family of Olympic equestrian hopeful Chelsea Higgins realised just how lucky she had been when they heard about the falls that killed two of the promising young riders she had competed against. Her mother Kerry Higgins yesterday revealed that she believed […]
Former Christian Brother, Brother Desmond Eric “Neil” Richards, commonly known as Brother Neil Richards or Brother Neil, abused his trusted position as a Brother, teacher and principal and committed shocking crimes against children over a 20-year period from the 1960s to 1980s. Decades later he has finally been brought to justice for various crimes as […]
Covid-19 means so many people made the switch to work from home. Many of our own staff included! In fact as I write this, I’m in my new make-shift home office. Here’s the good news: Work from home tax deductions could mean a bigger tax refund, this year! If WFH is your “new normal”, then […]
The IR Global Practice Management Committee is alive and well, and on the job to provide what we hope are some useful strategies for our fellow members. It is the one area that seems to resonate with all, and in the present Covid 19 circumstances, may be the most important area we deal with all […]
When the planet and businesses fire up again after COVID-19, the travel industry will be looking to get back in the air ASAP… We will fly and load up the planes as we previously did, otherwise, airlines will not be an economic proposition… What…? I hear you say… sit next to one another on a […]
When we think of Christmas, we automatically think of an amazing holiday and marvellous celebrations on 25th December. Those originally from the northern hemisphere always like Christmas to be associated with the winter season, with the cold, snowflakes, decorations and warm fires. But, when you arrive in Australia, you will have to get used to the […]
Dry July encourages people to give up drinking alcohol for July and invites people to sponsor them for their efforts. Participants can also nominate a cancer service where they want the funds they raise during the campaign to go. So, Go-Dry this July to raise funds for people affected by cancer. Are you ready to […]
Contractor Payroll is one of those essential business processes that adds zero additional value to your businesses. In fact, there are only two outcomes you can have from running your own contractor payroll; Neutral, when people get paid what they expect and Bad when they don’t…With all the paperwork, compliance, pressure and risks involved; if […]
During the new normal, at Koffels we are still pushing our message out. Ross has been working with our in-house team to do a few short video messages to enhance our profile, and get our message out to what is an increasingly on-line client base. Certainly, a law office takes on a new persona when […]
Foreward by Andrew Chilvers Businesses across the world are undergoing the biggest remote working experiment since Europeans first sailed from their home ports to set up trading posts in Asia 500 years ago. This time around, however, companies are moving colleagues out of their plush city centre locations to set up offices at home. What […]
