by Quinns Blog | Sep 30, 2020 | Accounting News, Newsletter Features
‘Keeping it in the Family’: The Risks Family-run and owned businesses are common; with the trust and dependency of family members/employees working together to create a strong business team. However, there are some financial issues that can place strain on these...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 23, 2020 | Newsletter Features
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) has failed to prove that an on-hire worker engaged by Personnel Contracting Services Pty Ltd (trading as Construct) was an employee and not an independent contractor. In a November 2019 decision, a...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 23, 2020 | Legal News, Newsletter Features
The Federal Government has recently launched a review into Australia’s patents system in order to support innovation in small and medium-sized businesses/enterprises (SMEs). The review will delve into the accessibility for SMEs to ensure the intellectual property...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 23, 2020 | Accounting News, Newsletter Features
The arrival of COVID-19 has not assisted the major problem of employers not paying superannuation to their workers. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, around 650,000 Australians are affected each year by superannuation guarantee (SG)...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 16, 2020 | Newsletter Features
The full bench of the Federal Court recently delivered a judgement that two independent contractor truck drivers employed as such for 40 years were in fact employees. The decision, Jamsek v ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd (2020) reinforced the view that a longstanding...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 16, 2020 | Legal News, Newsletter Features
The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 introduces a range of statutory obligations on workers in the building industry. Notable is the new statutory duty of care toward property owners imposed upon anyone performing construction work. While property owners...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 16, 2020 | Accounting News, Newsletter Features
How can business owners and their advisors see the key warning signs of a business in financial or operational trouble? In this article, we will identify the key warning signs that a business could be in distress, including cash flow blockages, stressed relationships...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 9, 2020 | Legal News, Newsletter Features
In a recent court case Federal Court of Australia Workpac Pty Ltd v Rossato, an employee that had previously been considered by their employer to be a casual employee was found not to be a ‘genuine casual employee’ and was therefore entitled to annual leave, personal...
by Quinns Blog | Sep 2, 2020 | Accounting News, Newsletter Features
At the Quinn Group, we deal with a lot of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With approximately 2.3 million SMEs in Australia, this is a large demographic of businesses. Most SMEs alarmingly, do not have any protection from a business structure and so it is...
by Quinns Blog | Aug 26, 2020 | Legal News, Newsletter Features
The taxpayer, trustee of the Mussalli Family Trust (MFT) was in the business of operating McDonald’s Family Restaurants. As part of this business, MFT entered into several lease agreements with McDonald’s Australia Limited (MAL). The lease agreements provided MFT with...
