Consumers are the driving force behind all retail business. They shop around their lives, not the other way around, so...
Consumers are the driving force behind all retail business. They shop around their lives, not the other way around, so we need to be able to offer them choice, convenience and value. If we don’t, they’ll simply find someone else who does. We are the forefront of digital disruption, and trading...
by Sid Sidhu and Troy Wild, NRA legal Case study: Laura Wrzoskiewicz v Easy Payroll Perth Pty Ltd FWC...
by Sid Sidhu and Troy Wild, NRA legal Case study: Laura Wrzoskiewicz v Easy Payroll Perth Pty Ltd FWC 2469 A recent case before the Fair Work Commission highlights the meaning of “genuine redundancy” and when an employee will be unable to substantiate an unfair dismissal claim. In this case, a...
While hard skills and technical know-how are important, the difficulty is often finding someone who has those skills and...
While hard skills and technical know-how are important, the difficulty is often finding someone who has those skills and the leadership skills needed to develop an effective and efficient team. Many of our members are asking for the NRA Training Team to deliver one or two day workshops focusing on...
by Alain Sayour, Gow Gates Insurance Brokers We live in an age where many of our life and business transactions...
by Alain Sayour, Gow Gates Insurance Brokers We live in an age where many of our life and business transactions can be completed online. The ease in conducting these transactions at a time and place that suits us certainly has an appeal. However, is going online the best option when...
Source: CommSec - Economic Insights According to Commsec, the ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 1.0 per cent to 110.5 in...
Source: CommSec - Economic Insights According to Commsec, the ANZ/Roy Morgan consumer confidence rating rose by 1.0 per cent to 110.5 in the latest week – the third rise in the past four weeks. Confidence levels bounce around from week to week, but CommSec believes that broadly Aussie consumers are just feeling OK. "If...
As you know, the NRA has been deeply concerned about the proposed Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill since...
As you know, the NRA has been deeply concerned about the proposed Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill since it was introduced to Parliament in March. Our concerns have been amplified after the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee released its report this week, recommending the Federal Government pass...
Written by Alex Millman and Troy Wild, NRA Legal On 24 April 2017 the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission...
Written by Alex Millman and Troy Wild, NRA Legal On 24 April 2017 the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission awarded compensation to a State employee who had been fired after pornographic emails, including images of naked children, were found in her work email account. The employer argued that the employee...
We’re going to the cinema, taking short breaks and focusing on holidays, with tourist destinations like Tasmania recording healthy...
We’re going to the cinema, taking short breaks and focusing on holidays, with tourist destinations like Tasmania recording healthy spending results despite lacklustre overall spending, according to the latest data from Commsec research. Craig James, Chief Economist at Commsec has reported that economy-wide spending has remained flat over April, with...
Rental overheads are the biggest challenge keeping retailers awake at night, according to Inside Retail’s 2017 Australian Retail Outlook....
Rental overheads are the biggest challenge keeping retailers awake at night, according to Inside Retail’s 2017 Australian Retail Outlook. Leasing expert, Kyle Swain, explores the current issues and trends in leasing and the best ways for retailers to negotiate better terms. By Kyle Swain, The Leasing Department Over the past three...
Summary by Troy Wild, Director NRA Legal On 9 May, the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee (‘the Committee’) released...
Summary by Troy Wild, Director NRA Legal On 9 May, the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee (‘the Committee’) released its report into the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 (‘the Bill’). Read the full report here >> The Committee recommended that the Senate pass the Bill, subject to three...
by Hardware Australia This year Brisbane High Schools are piloting the first RenoV8 program which sees Hardware Australia’s tailored hardware...
by Hardware Australia This year Brisbane High Schools are piloting the first RenoV8 program which sees Hardware Australia’s tailored hardware training program becoming part of the Year 12 studies for students. The program, facilitated in conjunction with the Queensland Department of Education and Training, is focused on introducing new entrants into...
The National Retail Association has partnered with the Palaszczuk Government in an initiative to guide Queensland retailers through the...
The National Retail Association has partnered with the Palaszczuk Government in an initiative to guide Queensland retailers through the State’s impending ban on single-use plastic shopping bags. In support of the new legislation that plans to tackle shopping bag litter, the NRA will launch an awareness campaign aiming to inform...
by Alex Millman and Troy Wild, NRA Legal Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the 1962...
by Alex Millman and Troy Wild, NRA Legal Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the 1962 classic, To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Pictures) As a business, there is a great temptation that when faced with litigation to stick with what you know. Doubtless you will have engaged...
by Cyber-security expert, Leon Fouche, BDO On Friday, the world experienced the wrath of a well-coordinated ransomware attack, known as WannaCry....
by Cyber-security expert, Leon Fouche, BDO On Friday, the world experienced the wrath of a well-coordinated ransomware attack, known as WannaCry. A number of large companies have already been impacted, including Britain’s public health system, FedEx in the USA and Spanish telecom provider Telefonica. As of this morning, the Australian Cyber Security...
We had high hopes for this year’s Federal Budget, delivered in the midst of major challenges to the retail...
We had high hopes for this year’s Federal Budget, delivered in the midst of major challenges to the retail landscape, including weaker retail sales over three of the past four quarters, and an ever-increasing influx of overseas competitors. Despite it following the tough medicine approach of 2014 that sent shockwaves...
By Alex Millman and Troy Wild, NRA Legal Since the Fair Work Act appeared on the scene in 2009, the...
By Alex Millman and Troy Wild, NRA Legal Since the Fair Work Act appeared on the scene in 2009, the legal environment around employment law has shifted dramatically. Any person can be represented before the Fair Work Commission by a person acting as a ‘paid agent’. Whilst this is nothing new,...