With COVID-19 restrictions being gradually lifted across most states, retailers who had been forced to shut their doors are...
With COVID-19 restrictions being gradually lifted across most states, retailers who had been forced to shut their doors are beginning to reopen. The struggle is far from over, but hopefully this does indicate that the worst is behind us. Just yesterday, the National Retail Association hosted a Town Hall webinar...
By Thomas Parer and Calum Woods, NRA Legal Due to the speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic spread and required...
By Thomas Parer and Calum Woods, NRA Legal Due to the speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic spread and required social distancing to ‘flatten the curve’, many companies were forced to either stand down their workforces or organise and implement alternative working arrangements (including work from home arrangements) with little...
These unprecedented times are already creating new challenges for retailers and communities when it comes to crime. Many customers...
These unprecedented times are already creating new challenges for retailers and communities when it comes to crime. Many customers from across the world have asked us about the impacts that COVID-19 is having and will likely have on retail crime now and in the post-pandemic future. So over the...
The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed the lifting of several restrictions today, but has expressed concern over the...
The National Retail Association (NRA) has welcomed the lifting of several restrictions today, but has expressed concern over the new measure allowing only a maximum of 10 patrons to dine at restaurants. NRA CEO Dominque Lamb said that for many venues the 10-patron maximum rule will prove to not be...
Today's National Cabinet meeting saw the announcement a three step framework for the road map to a COVIDSafe economy....
Today's National Cabinet meeting saw the announcement a three step framework for the road map to a COVIDSafe economy. We are pleased to note that the roadmap aims for a shift from crisis to recovery by July 2020. The goal is to restore 850,000 jobs in the months ahead....
The National Retail Association (NRA) has stated that due to a $1 billion March hit to retail the Fair...
The National Retail Association (NRA) has stated that due to a $1 billion March hit to retail the Fair Work Commission (FWC) should not impose further costs on the sector and maintain the current minimum wage level. In its Annual Wage Review Submission in reply the NRA cited the devastating...
The National Retail Association (NRA) has said that while today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures for...
The National Retail Association (NRA) has said that while today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures for March represent a giant jump in turnover, there are some incredibly ominous signs of the impact COVID-19 will have on the sector. The figures show an 8.5 per cent overall rise...
Late Friday evening, the Treasurer tabled the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2020 (the...
Late Friday evening, the Treasurer tabled the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2020 (the Amendments), which amends the rules of the Federal Government’s JobKeeper program. The Amendments give effect to changes announced by the Treasurer on Friday 24 April 2020, including important clarifications to the...
The last few weeks have been bigger than any other challenge to confront Australia in living memory. While Australia...
The last few weeks have been bigger than any other challenge to confront Australia in living memory. While Australia has done an incredible job, relative to other countries, in containing the spread of COVID-19, the economic hit has been substantial. Indeed, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has forecast a $4 billion...
By Andrew Piper and Lindsay Carroll, NRA Legal Although reasonably new (and still changing), the JobKeeper program has, so far,...
By Andrew Piper and Lindsay Carroll, NRA Legal Although reasonably new (and still changing), the JobKeeper program has, so far, had a mixed effect on businesses. Whilst some employers have embraced it wholeheartedly others, especially those with a workforce comprised largely of casual employees usually earning less than $1,500 a fortnight,...
The Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Bill 2020 was introduced to Parliament on 30 April 2020. This...
The Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Bill 2020 was introduced to Parliament on 30 April 2020. This Bill prohibits the sale, supply and distribution of certain single-use plastic products and establishes a framework for adding other products in the future. Key elements of the proposed legislation include: Single-use...
Australia’s key retail industry groups have united to release a Retail Recovery Protocol for COVID-19 to assure the community,...
Australia’s key retail industry groups have united to release a Retail Recovery Protocol for COVID-19 to assure the community, including retail employees and customers, that they can have confidence that retailers and shopping centres will continue to follow stringent public health guidelines, particularly as the community access essential services...