A workforce without injury and illness benefits both employees and employers. By taking proactive steps as an employer, you can keep your workplace safer, healthier and more productive.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found in favour of an employee’s unfair dismissal claim after returning a positive drug test.

The State Government has boosted a program allowing students to finish Year 12 while pursuing paid training.

"A business can survive with an average product or service and a brilliant sales team performance, but a brilliant product or service can fail with an average sales team performance."

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has launched a new online learning platform to help small businesses enhance their knowledge of tax and superannuation.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2024-25 State Budget Submission calls for a focus on catalysing economic growth and sustainability in Regional Victoria.

The Victorian Chamber’s 2024-25 Victorian Budget submission calls for a stop to imposing additional costs on business, while empowering the private sector to launch our state into economic prosperity.

The Victorian Chamber’s 2024-25 State Budget submission outlines 44 policy recommendations across four focus areas to steer Victorian business through challenging economic times.  

A casual teenage worker has received compensation after being sacked while sick with a chest infection.

A recent Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia decision is a timely reminder of the importance of ongoing business compliance around employee classification and pay.

To grow your team or individually, the Victorian Chamber has a range of training options to help the workforce of today and the future.

Four new courses in hospitality, youth work, kitchen management and tourism are now available through Victoria’s Free TAFE program.

WorkSafe Victoria has revealed its prosecutions activity for the past year, reminding employers that they face serious legal consequences if they put employees at risk.

A Victorian Government initiative to help more women enter and succeed in the energy and manufacturing sectors is now open.

A patent and trademark attorney has been awarded compensation after the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found that although there was a valid reason for dismissal, the termination process was harsh.

Feedback is being sought on upcoming new regulations to support Victoria’s WorkCover scheme, which propose changes around compensation and self-insurance arrangements.