Peak industry associations join forces in bank take down

Five of Australia’s leading retail industry associations have called on banks to be more proactive in educating their business...

Five of Australia’s leading retail industry associations have called on banks to be more proactive in educating their business customers on least-cost routing and making it easier to access the huge savings to be achieved by it. COSBOA, the Australian Retailers Association, National Retail Association, Master Grocers Australia and the...

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Wage subsidies for employers

jobactive is a an Australian Government program to assist more Australians into work. It connects job seekers with employers and...

jobactive is a an Australian Government program to assist more Australians into work. It connects job seekers with employers and is delivered by a network of jobactive providers in over 1700 locations across Australia. A jobactive provider can help you access wage subsidies of up to $6,500 (GST inclusive) for employing...

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Modern Awards Update Extended

Following the 4 yearly review of the Modern Awards by the Fair Work Commission, a number of changes have...

Following the 4 yearly review of the Modern Awards by the Fair Work Commission, a number of changes have been introduced to ensure consistency around annual leave provisions. The affected awards include: General Retail Industry Award 2010 Fast Food Industry Award 2010 Restaurant Industry Award 2010 Clerks Private Sector...

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MEMBER ONLY ARTICLE – Modern Award Reviews Payment of Wages

On 15 June 2016, the Fair Work Commission released a statement to advise how the Full Bench proposed to...

On 15 June 2016, the Fair Work Commission released a statement to advise how the Full Bench proposed to deal with the payment of wages in relation to five issues; timing of payment of wages, removing a restriction on the days for payment of wages, timing of payment on...

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ANZ adopts Apple Pay for Australians

Apple pay has been around since late 2014, however as Australians we are yet to fully embrace the software. That...

Apple pay has been around since late 2014, however as Australians we are yet to fully embrace the software. That was until ANZ recently signed up to Apple Pay contactless. Becoming the first of the big four banks to implement the technology, ANZ customers will be able to use their...

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Mobile wallets: how Amex plans to stay relevant

If sci-fi movies have taught us anything it’s that robots are coming, we will all pay for services using...

If sci-fi movies have taught us anything it’s that robots are coming, we will all pay for services using a chip in our arm and everything will be a hologram. Although we aren’t quite there yet, we are close. Robots are already being integrated in the retail process, whether it...

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Introducing Visa Developer

Merchants are increasingly serving connected consumers who want to shop anytime, anywhere and with any device.  With Visa Developer,...

Merchants are increasingly serving connected consumers who want to shop anytime, anywhere and with any device.  With Visa Developer, merchants can create innovative retail experiences and offer a more secure and seamless shopping experience. The recent launch of Visa Developer offers access to some of the most popular Visa products...

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Apple Pay coming to Australian Retailers

eWAY and Apple Pay are transforming mobile payments with a simple to use, secure and private way for customers...

eWAY and Apple Pay are transforming mobile payments with a simple to use, secure and private way for customers to pay, allowing Australian retailers to offer one-touch mobile payments within their app or in person, with eWAY's SmartPOS mobile payments device. Security and privacy is at the core of Apple...

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