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health safety and wellbeing

What all businesses with staff at home need to know

As we continue to endure Lockdown Six from home, fewer employees are willing to leave their new routines. Here is what every employer should do to look after their employees.

19 August 2021

chief executive update

Opinion piece by Victorian Chamber Chief Executive Paul Guerra

Lockdowns. We’ve had a few. And there will probably be a few more before we are done. Like them or not, it’s the agreed weapon of choice to combat COVID-19 until vaccination rates get to 80 per cent. They have worked to effectively stop the spread.  

14 August 2021

chief executive update

Chief Executive Update 11 August 2021

It was mixed news for the business community this week with Regional Victoria freed from Lockdown Six but Metropolitan Victoria required to stay in lockdown for another seven days.

11 August 2021

covid 19

Metropolitan Victoria to endure Lockdown Six for another week

A little over a week since Lockdown Five came to an end, the State Government announced Victoria would once again go into a circuit-breaker lockdown. (UPDATED)

05 August 2021

regional business

VCCI proposal to get border businesses back on track

The Victorian Government’s further tightening of border controls with New South Wales has left border businesses reeling, with yet another strain placed on their operations.

Regional Victoria

05 August 2021

innovation

13cabs driven to the edge, but still moving forward

No other industry over the past 10 years has faced greater challenges than the taxi industry. Simon Purssey explains how 13cabs stayed in the drivers’ seat and navigated hazards.

Fast Five

02 August 2021

health safety and wellbeing

Calling on employees to participate in vital research

Swinburne University is calling on employees to participate in a research survey to understand how employees feel their employers are contributing to a mentally healthy workplace.

30 July 2021

chief executive update

Chief Executive Update 28 July 2021

Today Victorian business can get back to what you do best. It was good news we can now begin our exit from Lockdown Five and move faster than when we exited Lockdown Four.

28 July 2021

education and training

Businesses to benefit from future-ready interns

As a General Manager at Australia’s most innovative production company, WTFN’s Derek Dyson knows all about the value of interns - especially those bringing digital skills to the business.

27 July 2021

covid 19

Explained: what restrictions remain for Victorian businesses

Hospitality, retail, gyms and schools are once again able to open their doors across Victoria as Lockdown Five comes to an end. Here is what you and your business need to know.

27 July 2021

regional business

How Regional Victoria can benefit from big business

In partnership with Crown Melbourne, the Victorian Chamber is hitting the road to help regional businesses bounce back from COVID-19 and open the doors to big partnerships.

Regional Victoria

23 July 2021

health safety and wellbeing

Supporting unique businesses with customised training

Designed by the Victorian Chamber’s Health, Safety and Wellbeing team, our courses in suit most businesses, but from time to time, a client needs something a little different.

Member Stories

22 July 2021

economy

Australian businesses preparing for a ‘new era of digital urgency’

It has been estimated that in the next four years, over six million digital workers will be required across Australia to keep up with the rapid technological evolution.

19 July 2021

chief executive update

Chief Executive Update 14 July 2021

It was only last week that we were reminded of the beginning of a 112-day lockdown here in Victoria last year and we desperately hope we don’t find ourselves in a similar situation again.

14 July 2021

health safety and wellbeing

Definition of ‘serious misconduct’ now includes sexual harassment

The definition of 'serious misconduct' has been amended as part of the Fair Work Amendment (Respect at Work) Regulations 2021, to now include sexual harassment.

12 July 2021

covid 19

‘This is a race, and we have lost our position as envy of the world’

VCCI Chief Executive Paul Guerra, looks to the future and explains why Victoria “can’t go back to the old ways of doing things” in his address to the Melbourne Press Club.

08 July 2021


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