Hr & Staffing
10 ways to grow your business by 10% (or 20% or 50%) in 12 months
Anneli Knight If your business is not green and growing then it’s ripe and rotting, says serial entrepreneur Creel Price.
Can creative entrepreneurs really make money?
Valerie Khoo You don't have to be a starving artist in the garret. It is possible to make money as a creative entrepreneur.
Should you trust your instincts?
James Adonis Intuition in the workplace: is it a bad thing, or a good thing?
FAMILY BUSINESS
Pluses and minuses to working with family
Transparency is important in avoiding feuds in a family-run business, says Family Business Australia chief Philippa Taylor.
Find out what the staff are thinking, it really pays dividends
Lanning Bennett SEEKING the views of employees is the best way of finding out what is really going on in a business, its issues, problems and challenges and what needs to be done to make the organisation perform...
Open your business with a bang
Tony Featherstone Nine tips to get the most out of your store opening, and avoid common pitfalls.
Letting go of the reins in your business
Valerie Khoo Do you want the business you created to grow to its full potential? Then perhaps you need to step out of the way.
$17 pay rise for country's lowest paid
Clay Lucas The national minimum wage for Australia's 1.4 million lowest paid workers should be raised by $17.10 a week, Fair Work Australia has said.
Work whenever I want? Yes please
James Adonis Companies are increasingly offering '100 per cent flexibility' to their employees.
Donut King plays host to 'humiliating' sacking
Daniel Hurst The manager of a jewellery kiosk company could have found a better location than a Donut King outlet to inform an employee she was being made redundant, Fair Work Australia has found.
Employers renew demand for cuts in penalty rates
Clay Lucas Employers renew their push to cut penalty rates for workers in the hospitality and retail sectors.
Thresholds lock out older workers
Clay Lucas Report on age discrimination says thresholds should be dismantled as population ages.
The one thing you can do to stay ahead of the pack
Valerie Khoo While engaging with your customers via social media may be the more popular choice these days, face to face networking should still have a place in everyone's business strategy.
Casual workers forced to wear barcodes
Clay Lucas Workers at Melbourne warehouse required to wear - and pay for - ID armbands.
In the name of the Father ... at work
James Adonis There's something quite intrusive about overt religion, especially in the workplace.
WORKPLACES
The downside to working from home
Alexandra Cain Operating from home? Make sure the quality of your work doesn't suffer.
Is your workplace blind to staff diversity?
Tony Featherstone As skills shortages loom, companies need to think more about the benefits of hiring workers with disabilities.
Protest over WorkCover cuts
Protesters will rally in Sydney over the NSW government's proposed cuts to workers' compensation and entitlements.
Taming the beast: how to manage your boss
James Adonis Bosses have a lot in common with elephants. But how do you manage them in the office?
Get intimate with your accountant
Valerie Khoo Finding the right accountant is one of the most important things you can do as an entrepreneur. They are often the difference between your business surging ahead or being crippled by an unaffordable...
