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Is my business or organisation covered by the Privacy Act.

Being aware of what is personal and sensitive information and having a plan to manage privacy within your business is the first step to not being a news headline due to a data breach.

This article steps out who is covered by the Act and high level obligations and provides a free downloadable template to create a Privacy Management Plan.

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Outsourcing, Organisation Elouise Van Genderen Outsourcing, Organisation Elouise Van Genderen

Email Payment Scams.

When you or your staff are paying an invoice, how do you know you are paying to the right account?  Can you be sure that the sender’s email hasn’t been compromised?

Email Payment Scams, or Business Email Compromise (BEC), is one of the highest reported cyber crimes in Australia and results in the loss of tens of thousands of dollars on average for small business. 

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Policies and Procedures Elouise Van Genderen Policies and Procedures Elouise Van Genderen

Cyber risk is all around us, having a plan in place is integral to keeping your business, your information and your customer’s information safe.  This article outlines the stages of putting together your risk management plan

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Outsourcing, Organisation Elouise Van Genderen Outsourcing, Organisation Elouise Van Genderen

I will never forget the feeling of seeing a spam email which included MY PASSWORD, that I used to use for almost everything, as the subject headline.  It was like I got punched in the stomach, not nice!

Check out this quick blog post for tips on securing your online presence with strong passwords.

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Elouise Van Genderen Elouise Van Genderen

I learned a lesson about keeping my details up to date the hard (read expensive) way. You don’t have to, read on to learn how an ASIC Agent protects you.

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Policies and Procedures Elouise Van Genderen Policies and Procedures Elouise Van Genderen

This article outline how to write a procedure that captures all of the important information and steps and provides a free word document template that can be downloaded.

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Here is a list of Handy Links that we have used with our Clients:

National Employment Standards

The National Employment Standards (NES) are the minimum employment entitlements that have to be provided to all employees.

https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/national-employment-standards

Employment Forms

Induction Checklist for employing staff

Create an Employment Contract

https://business.gov.au/people/employees/create-an-employment-contract

TFN Witholding declaration

https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions/withholding-declaration#Download

Superannuation standard choice form

https://www.ato.gov.au/forms-and-instructions/superannuation-standard-choice-form