COSBOA is urging governments to adopt this framework to make it easier for small businesses to navigate exposure site requirements as COVID-19 restrictions ease.
Commonwealth Bank has become the first of the major banks to commit to automatically routing transactions for small business merchants, weeks after Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said more needs to be done to lower transaction costs for small businesses.
The number of complaints from small businesses about phone and internet services has reached a three-year high last financial year, the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has revealed.
Small business groups say clashes between the state and federal governments over the national reopening plan is shortsighted and shows disregard for the role small businesses will play in rebuilding the economy.
"The Labor Party and Senator Patrick in particular (among others) need to remember that political point scoring comes at the expense of others," writes Peter Strong.
Small business groups have called on the government to provide employers with a COVID-19 vaccine checklist in a roundtable discussion yesterday that 50 leaders from business groups, unions and government attended.
Small business advocate Peter Strong has announced his retirement as chief executive of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) after 11 years.
Small business groups support a push by industry to have temporary industrial relations flexibilities reinstated in a bid to support employers through the country's latest wave of coronavirus lockdowns.
COSBOA encourages the Fair Work Commission to consider supporting a stable employment regime through a minimal increase in the award-based minimum and associated wages.
