While Australian is working towards vaccination rates that allow a re-opening of businesses, state and federal borders, there’s still many longer term changes that will need to be examined and considered. The best indicators we have of a post-covid future is to consider those countries that have reached acceptable vaccination rates (as determined by their authorities) and have re-opened partially/fully …
Australian CEO’s looking offshore to resolve skills shortages
It was recently reporting that the CEO’s of Australia’s biggest companies are struggling to hire IT specialists, engineers and teachers because of locked borders and skills shortages. At the same time, the 260,000 shortfall in overseas students who have failed to arrive due to locked borders has led to falls in rentals for student accommodation of up to 25 percent …
Worklife balance after Covid – the shorter working week back on the agenda for Australian accounting firms.
One of the longer term Coronavirus affects is likely to be a rethink of the previous office benefits that have likely languished over the past year or two: free yoga, lunchtime breakout rooms for mediation, onsite chefs, fusball tables, bean bags. Likely many accounting firms have seen any benefits fall by the way side as less important as employees are …
Australian domestic accountants relocating to remote areas may face pay cuts of up to 25%
More recently we’ve seen Australian businesses grappling with vaccination requirements and whether mandatory vaccinations can or should be implemented in the workplace. And it seems there is no ‘one size fits all” solution to the issue, with working conditions ranging from manufacturing operations with large workforces operating in static factory like conditions, Trade service people (like removalists) moving through the …
Old school way of accounting doesn’t work in the digital age
Apart from the incredible workload that has descended upon Australian accounting firm owners as a result of the raft of recent legislative changes and support initiatives, at the same time there has been the rush to digital. It’s been quite a rude wake-up call for Australian accounting firm owners during the WFH (Working from Home) period, and still many accountants …
