The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is again heading to regional Victoria to speak with local businesses to inform a regional policy that focuses on increasing competitive advantage and investment, building on what we learned in previous engagements.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is holding 12 free workshops throughout Victoria to help prepare and equip businesses with essential information around the Federal Government’s complex changes to workplace and industrial relations laws.

The Victorian Chamber has been instrumental in the WorkCover negotiations and welcomes today’s developments.

Following extensive consultation with members and stakeholders, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has released its Careers Services Policy Paper, entitled “Boosting Business with Career Services”. It puts forward 29 recommendations that would improve the future of careers services, both in Victoria and Australia-wide.

Almost three-quarters of CBD-based employees have settled into a weekly routine of working from the office two to three days per week, according to the latest office occupancy survey by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

More than four out of five CBD-based employees are working two or more days a week in the office, according to the latest survey by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The Victorian Chamber has released the findings of the first detailed survey of Melbourne CBD-based businesses on the return of office workers since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.

The Victorian Chamber is proud to partner with the Victorian Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) to deliver the fourth round of the SummerTech LIVE program, which matches businesses with tertiary students to tackle real, digital technology problems.

Victorian business needs certainty and clarity about when they can plan to welcome back customers and staff as we progress towards hitting the National Cabinet’s COVID-19 vaccination targets of 70 and 80 per cent.

The Victorian Chamber welcomes the further $2.34 billion in joint State and Federal Government support announced today for Victorian businesses and workers to get through the continued extension of Lockdown Six.

Victorian businesses are devastated by the news that Metropolitan Victoria’s lockdown will be extended indefinitely.

The Victorian Chamber welcomes today’s prompt announcement of a new $400 million State and Federal Government support package, which will give businesses the confidence they need to get through Lockdown Six and continue the recovery from Lockdowns Four and Five.

Just as Victorians were beginning to enjoy the freedoms we have missed, the State has been plunged into its sixth COVID-19 related lockdown.

The Victorian Chamber has today launched a new member-exclusive service, the Grant Finder online tool, to make it quicker and easier for Victorian businesses to access grants applicable to their operations and projects.

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is encouraging employers to prioritise the mental wellbeing of their workplaces as we continue to battle the economic and psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and transition to a hybrid working model.

The Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, to be debated in Parliament this week, recognises the challenges that the labour hire industry is facing in the wake of COVID-19.