Year End Strategies S J Canny August 2011 Newsletter

In this Year End Strategies newsletter from S J Canny find information about understanding employment contracts, changes to unfair dismissal and unpaid parental leave obligations. Also included in newsletter find tips about experiential marketing, cloud computing and quality leadership.

Understanding employment contracts

Having succinct yet comprehensive employment contracts is an important consideration when starting or streamlining a business.

Changes to unfair dismissal

On 1 January 2011, the definition of what constitutes a small business changed. From that date, businesses must now have fifteen of less employees based on a head count of employees, rather than fulltime equivalent employees, to be considered a small business. An employee headcount should include full time, part time and regular casual employees.

Innovate with experiential marketing

In today's volatile economy, businesses need to attract customers with more than just traditional media strategies to get them in the door and keep them returning. Now is not the time to be reducing the marketing budget. More than ever, it is important that a brand is not forgotten. A clever marketing strategy can save time and money.

Cloud computing and your business

Cloud computing is a rapidly growing technology service that may have many benefits for small businesses. There are a number of definitions of cloud computing. Using Gmail or Hotmail is arguably cloud computing, when a service is used externally to personal computer software. Increasingly, however, cloud computing is a utility whereby all telecommunication and computing services are supplied via the internet.

Update paid parental leave obligations

As of 1 January 2011, the new Federal Government changes to paid parental leave came into effect. These changes will require most businesses to update their payroll systems and make sure they are fulfilling all relevant obligations.

Tips to quality leadership

A good leader is vital to company success and productivity. The importance of a leader is not only to control a company's day to day activities or to think of new directions, it is also vital they maintain a good relationship with employees. There are a number of ways a manager can improve their leadership skills and in turn boost productivity.

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