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Mental health injuries account for 15% of all claims

The need to manage mental health in the workplace is increasingly obvious to protect your best assets from mental harm.

18 February 2017

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Full Bench Abandons Award Automatic Termination Clause

A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has confirmed the ‘Abandonment of employment’ clause

18 February 2017

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Misleading Human Resource Manager flouts investigation

An employee has been awarded the maximum compensation payment of 26 weeks’ pay, after being unfairly dismissed

18 February 2017

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Get your EMDG paperwork sorted

The EMDG scheme is a financial assistance program aimed at supporting industries to develop export markets

18 February 2017

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Victorian Portable Long Service Leave Design Study

The Victorian Chamber provides a submission to the Victorian Portable Long Service Leave Design Study, being undertaken by ACIL Allen Consulting in March 2017.

01 March 2017

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Business Excellence magazine Autumn 2017

Our special theme this issue is Health, which encompasses topics including healthcare services, prevention methods, mental health and research in the world's best healthcare system.

01 March 2017

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Rae's Journey chapter 1: Rae takes the leap...

The Victoria Jiangsu Business Placement Program gives businesses a competitive edge when it comes to doing business with and in China.

03 March 2017

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Rae's Journey chapter 2: No real fear for me...

The Victoria Jiangsu Business Placement Program was the best adventure and most fun possible in business.

03 March 2017

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From the Chief Executive – 3 March 2017

The major announcement for Victorian business this week has been the Fair Work Commission’s decision to reduce Sunday and public holiday penalty rates in the hospitality, retail and pharmacy sectors.

03 March 2017

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Baby blunder brings midwife under

A tribunal in South Australia has upheld the dismissal of a midwife after she disclosed confidential information to her friend about the birth of his child.

04 March 2017

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Failure to turn in lost property justified dismissal

A train guard accused of stealing a passenger’s mobile phone and not handing it to lost property was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.

04 March 2017

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Visa sponsorship changes for the fast food industry

The federal government has barred fast food chains from sponsoring foreign workers to work in Australia.

04 March 2017

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Rae's Journey chapter 3: Rae's Mission

The Victoria Jiangsu Business Placement Program was the best adventure in business.

08 March 2017

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Rae's Journey chapter 4: Having a partner

The Victoria Jiangsu Business Placement Program was the best adventure in business. It has left a profound impression.

11 March 2017

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From the Chief Executive – 17 March 2017

With many Victorian businesses having recently been hit by soaring gas prices and increasing uncertainty around energy pricing and supply, we were deeply disappointed by the recent passing of a bill that extended the moratorium on onshore conventional gas exploration until 2020. As we move away from coal-fired energy generation, gas will only become more important.

17 March 2017

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Capsicum spray deployment not worth dismissal

A Transit Officer terminated for using capsicum spray on a minor has been reinstated by the West Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

18 March 2017


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