From 1 October the Reserve Bank removes card surcharging, so the $1.8 billion of fees Australian merchants used to pass on has to land somewhere else. Staffing fees behave the same way, and most of them are already invisible.
An EOR fee is a published number. What your own entity costs to maintain is not, and Australia's move to payday super this year is a worked example of who ends up carrying a rule change.
A record 6.9 per cent of Australians now hold more than one job. That familiarity is doing damage to how founders read the contractor test, and the ATO's list never mentioned other clients.
Private sector wages rose 1.4 percent in the June quarter while output per hour did not move. Here is what a head actually costs, itemised, with the published fees against it.
Victoria's work from home right did not commence on 1 September. If that pushes you to move roles elsewhere, check which payroll your wages run through first.
The Reserve Bank cuts the consumer credit interchange cap from 0.8 to 0.3 per cent on 1 October. On $1 million of credit card turnover that is $5,000 a year. One restructured role, on published market rates, is worth about seven times more.
Everyone tells you to upskill your team for AI. Almost no one tells you how. Here is a practical, low-risk way for Australian employers to start on real work.