The All Things Considered options paper addresses concerns about our long-term approach to planning.

Energy is at the top of the agenda for the winter 2017 edition of Business Excellence magazine.

As the end of financial year approaches, many Victorian businesses will be planning for the year ahead. The Victorian Chamber understands the importance for businesses to know what costs they will face so they can accurately plan their operations. As businesses are currently facing big increases in their energy bills we are concerned about the impact this may have.

A Fair Work Commission (FWC) full bench has rejected a business’s request to appeal a prior decision that reinstated an employee considered to be fit to carry out their role following a medical absence.

Off the back of the recent signing of the new sister-state relationship between Victoria and Sichuan, the Chamber took the opportunity to sign an agreement between the Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce to foster closer business to business ties.

The Victorian Government recently released its full response to the Inquiry into the Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work and confirmed its intention to introduce a licensing scheme for labour hire firms.

The Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme is a key Australian Government financial assistance program for Australian businesses seeking markets for their goods and services internationally.

With the start of the new financial year approaching, it’s time to plan your health, safety and wellbeing activities for the next 12 months.

The Fair Work Commission has found an employee who transferred $342 000 from the account of a deceased person without obtaining a certified copy of probate was not unfairly dismissed.

The Victorian Chamber this week launched its winter Business Excellence magazine which I am delighted to share with you all. This ‘Energy’-themed edition explores a very timely topic, currently dominating the news and important to many of our members who are uncertain how much energy will cost them to keep their business going.

Society benefits when we invest in women. Pursuing gender equity in local government is critical to ensuring the societal structures our communities rely upon are representative of the people within those municipalities. While 55% of all local government employees are women, only 16% and 34% are in the position of Chief Executive Officer and Director respectively. By correcting this imbalance, it is hoped Victorian councils will achieve the benefits of appointing and promoting women to positions of leadership within their organisations.

In the first of four targeted forums being held in the lead up to the Victoria Summit 2017, we convened an expert panel to address more than 90 Victorian business leaders on the challenges facing our energy and resources future and potential solutions.

On Monday 26 June 2017 Austrade announced that businesses entitled to a grant of up to $40,000 (the first tranche payment) will receive the full value of the claim as it is approved.

A series of workplace fatalities and a sudden spike in the national death toll have highlighted the importance of effective traffic management, plant maintenance, controls for working remotely and other safety strategies, according to state and territory safety regulators and a coroner.

A series of workplace fatalities and a sudden spike in the national death toll have highlighted the importance of effective traffic management, plant maintenance, controls for working remotely and other safety strategies, according to state and territory safety regulators and a coroner.

This week marks the start of a new financial year, and for some employers this also marks the first phase of changes to Sunday and public holiday penalty rates.