Posts tagged "coronavirus Australia"

Total hours worked across the Australian economy fell 9% between early March and early April 2020, but self-employed people have been hit harder.

The ATO says businesses are able to make JobKeeper payments for work performed in another fortnight but must comply with bi-weekly payment deadlines.

Choice Energy chief executive Christopher Dean shares his first coronavirus diary and reflects on how he's been communicating with his team during the pandemic.

As coronavirus restrictions are lifted, at what point in time can an employer require their employees to physically return to the workplace?

Melbourne chef and business owner Tom Jacobson has brought together a network of chefs and hospitality workers to start the FairFeed Community Project.

PoweredLocal co-founder Michael Jankie shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his startup, and how it's now planning for growth that will come when restrictions are eased.

Sole traders have started recieving their JobKeeper payments, with those SmartCompany spoked to offering varying assessments of the enrollment process.

Subcontractors are pushing for the federal government to urgently bolster pay protections for sole traders amid an expected increase in insolvencies.

Limepay has raised $6 million for tech giving e-commerce retailers control over their own payments, and disrupting the old guard of buy-now-pay-later.

Melbourne distiller Brunswick Aces was facing "a horrible March" after COVID-19 hit, but thanks to some quick thinking and new supply deals, things are looking up.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has outlined a set of grisly figures in an address to Parliament, predicting Australia's quarterly GDP will fall at least 10% in June.

Google’s new ‘Rising Retail Category’ tool is helping to show retailers how consumer demand is changing as a result of COVID-19 restrictions.