Coronavirus

Even a world-class risk management system can’t prepare a company for everything, but it's important to know what you can do.

There is a fierce debate going on about whether governments — and by extension, the rest of us — are doing enough to counter the spread of the virus.

What can a workplace do to prepare for the impending health crisis? SmartCompany spoke to a workplace relations lawyer and an HR expert to get their views.

Here are six broad approaches to stimulating local innovation that have been used over the past century, each with strengths and weaknesses.

As Australian businesses reconsider their "back to office" strategies through yet another wave of COVID-19 cases, a hybrid working expert says company leaders should keep work from home plans in their back pocket, pandemic or not.

The Andrews government’s $60 million in rebates is encouraging SMEs to invest in ventilation to mitigate the spread of airborne COVID-19.

The Morrison government's Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment scheme, which provided $750-a-week lump sum payments to workers required to self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19, expired on June 30.

No state or territory has reintroduced pandemic-era restrictions so far, though yesterday Australia recorded its highest daily death toll since February with 76 people reported dead from COVID-19.

The Victorian government is reassessing COVID-19 SME support grant applications it rejected last year after allegations of flawed information.

Changes to face mask requirements, check-ins, and COVID-19 quarantine rules are on the way for Victoria and New South Wales.