Attention all NSW employers: Are you aware that the NSW State Government is offering a Payroll Tax Rebate of up to $4000 for each additional Full Time (and pro rata for each Part-Time) employee employed after 1st July 2011? … More NSW employers – Have you claimed your $4000 payroll tax rebate?
Welcome to the June Financial Services Compliance Update. This month we cover:
– New sheriff in town. Incoming ASIC boss to shake up monitoring and enforcement activity
– Focus on gatekeepers – five new measures to protect consumers
– There’s more…….Indirect Brokers also to face further scrutiny
– Shorter PDS – Implementation relief announced
– AML/CTF Update
– Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 … More Financial Services Update June 2011
February! The shortest month of the year. Blink and it’s over, yet there, as usual, there was no shortage of governance bloopers to keep our heads shaking in disbelief. In this blog we cover:
* If governance starts at the top we’re in serious trouble
* Securities exchanges and their dodgy numbers
* From the brink to an ASX listing in a single bound
* Playboy shenanigans … More Corporate Governance Blog – February 2011
Welcome to the first of our monthly Financial Services Compliance Update for executives on the go! In this update we cover:
* Government review of retail/wholesale distinction
* AML/CTF update
* ASIC introduces new Regulatory Guides to enhance consumer protection
* New exemption for foreign funds
* ASIC standardises reporting of short positions … More FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPLIANCE UPDATE FOR EXECUTIVES ON THE GO
The Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 was passed in Federal Parliament last Thursday, 17 June 2010 and means, for the first time in Australia, from 1 January 2011, the mother of a new born child, or the primary care giver of a newly adopted child will be provided with paid leave for a maximum of 18 weeks at the minimum wage. Parental leave payments will be funded by the Federal Government. More… … More Paid Parental Leave in Australia to commence on 1 January 2011
This month the Australian Corporate Governance Wrap tackles:
– ASIC Gears Up For a Big Year Ahead
– GFC Fallout Continues
– Class Action Action
– Fair Work Act Still A Mystery To Many
– Bullying Claims on the Rise
– Landmark OHS Ruling Provides Relief for Directors
– Fraud on the Rise
… More Australian Corporate Governance Wrap February 2010
Complispace 