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Where You Signed Now Matters More Than What The Contract Says

Two Fair Work Commission decisions in 2026 turned on where the worker was hired and where the work happens, not on how the contract was drafted.

Blake Manchester

Sep 10, 2026

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Global Hiring

From 1 July 2027 Every Client Asset Carries Two Histories. Who Rebuilds Them?

From 1 July 2027 the 50 percent CGT discount gives way to cost base indexation and a 30 percent minimum tax on real gains. Every client asset picks up a second history, and somebody in your firm has to build it.

Blake Manchester

Sep 9, 2026

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EOR

Employer of Record vs Setting Up Your Own Entity Is Not a Cost Question

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.

Blake Manchester

Sep 8, 2026

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EOR

A Second Client Does Not Make Your Contractor A Contractor

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.

Blake Manchester

Sep 8, 2026

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EOR

Your Payroll Tax Bill Does Not Move When The Desk Does

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.

Blake Manchester

Sep 7, 2026

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Global Hiring

Which Roles Should Go First? Start Where Demand Is Already Straining You

What roles can be filled through offshore staffing? Spending rose 7 per cent while retail profits fell. Start where demand already strains you.

Blake Manchester

Sep 3, 2026

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Global Hiring

Two Numbers Decide Whether You Should Build Your Team Abroad

How do I know if offshoring is right for my business? Not by gut feel. The ABS just published the two numbers that settle it, and they moved apart.

Blake Manchester

Sep 3, 2026

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Global Hiring

Hire It or Build It? Two Ways to Close Your AI Skills Gap

Hire the AI skills you are missing, or build them? Here is the honest case for each, and the third option most Australian employers have not considered. Both paths work, and both have a failure mode nobody mentions when they are selling you one of them.

Blake Manchester

Jul 31, 2026

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Blake Manchester

Where You Signed Now Matters More Than What The Contract Says

From 1 July 2027 Every Client Asset Carries Two Histories. Who Rebuilds Them?

Employer of Record vs Setting Up Your Own Entity Is Not a Cost Question

A Second Client Does Not Make Your Contractor A Contractor

Your Payroll Tax Bill Does Not Move When The Desk Does

Which Roles Should Go First? Start Where Demand Is Already Straining You

Two Numbers Decide Whether You Should Build Your Team Abroad

Hire It or Build It? Two Ways to Close Your AI Skills Gap

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Where You Signed Now Matters More Than What The Contract Says

The Fee You Can See Is the Only One You Can Argue With

From 1 July 2027 Every Client Asset Carries Two Histories. Who Rebuilds Them?

Employer of Record vs Setting Up Your Own Entity Is Not a Cost Question

Where You Signed Now Matters More Than What The Contract Says

The Fee You Can See Is the Only One You Can Argue With

From 1 July 2027 Every Client Asset Carries Two Histories. Who Rebuilds Them?

Employer of Record vs Setting Up Your Own Entity Is Not a Cost Question

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Posts by

Blake Manchester

Where You Signed Now Matters More Than What The Contract Says

From 1 July 2027 Every Client Asset Carries Two Histories. Who Rebuilds Them?

Employer of Record vs Setting Up Your Own Entity Is Not a Cost Question

A Second Client Does Not Make Your Contractor A Contractor

Your Payroll Tax Bill Does Not Move When The Desk Does

Which Roles Should Go First? Start Where Demand Is Already Straining You

Two Numbers Decide Whether You Should Build Your Team Abroad

Hire It or Build It? Two Ways to Close Your AI Skills Gap

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