Furniture 360 Briefing – September 2022
Furniture 360 Project Leader, Mark Thomson, speaks with the Australian Furniture Association (AFA) head of Partnerships and Marketing Jason Ross about the Furniture 360 project. Jason Ross – Mark thank you for your time. Earlier this year you were appointed Project...Commercial Furniture Design Strategies for 2030
In keeping with Australia’s carbon commitments for 2030,,the need to reduce Australian landfill and societal changes since COVID, Australian Commercial Furniture requires a transformational change to a circular economy . The AFA Furniture 360 Project has now developed design principles to enable such a transformation.
Discover the best practice when hiring and firing with Richard Thompson from Archer Thompson Lawyers
Discover the best practice when hiring and firing with Richard Thompson from Archer Thompson Lawyers in this webinar…
SME’s Misled – Believe They Are Locked Into Electricity Contracts
The AFA is pleased to introduce Energy Action to AFA Members. Who is Energy Action and what can they do for your business?
Timber shortages, global challenges and top tips to mitigating any risks associated with importing conflict timber
Timber shortages, global challenges and top tips to mitigating any risks associated with importing conflict timber with John Halkett from the Australian Timber Importers Federation
Certification and Sustainable Forest Management
Forest and chain of custody certification is underpinned by sustainable forest management. Learn more from Matt de Jongh of Responsible Wood
Energy Market Adjusts to the Threat of Government Intervention
Energy market Adjusts to the Threat of Government Intervention. Understand the impacts of energy crisis on the Furniture and Furnishing Industry.
SME Share of Government Spending Doubled
The federal government has dramatically boosted the share of government procurement earmarked for Australia’s small and medium sized businesses.
Preventing Sexual Harassment (Positive Duty on Employers)
The introductory session informs AFA members of some minimum standards that all organisations must follow to comply with the positive duty. The standards require actions to be taken to both prevent and respond to sexual harassment. Learn more from Richard Thompson of Archer Thompson Lawyers.
New laws would require employers to actively prevent sex harassment
Employers may be required to train staff to speak up about workplace sexual harassment with a view to preventing it, or at least intervene earlier, and deal with power imbalances without excluding women, under legislation committed to by the new Labor government.
Website Essentials
Building a website requires so much more than what meets the eye. It’s not just pretty pictures and clickable buttons, but a multitude of other factors that also provide the foundation for an effective website.
WA Premier flags potential use for COVID quarantine hub
The Western Australian government may consider alternative uses for the purpose-build COVID-19 quarantine facility that is still under construction in the Perth suburb of Bullsbrook.
Sexual harassment in the workplace
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has found that 72% of Australians have experienced sexual harassment in their workplace.
Queensland Government Grants up to 50K
AFA Members are eligible for AFA endorsement to apply for a single up-front payment of up to $50,000 for eligible QLD businesses.
Redundancy
Redundancy occurs when an employer decides they no longer need an employee’s job to be done by anyone and terminates their employment. The job itself, not the employee, becomes redundant.
Venue operators face increased litigation due to furniture related injuries.
Venue operators face increased litigation due to furniture related injuries. The AFA continues to assist a number of furniture industry businesses to manage litigious situations. The increase in insurance claims is due to the lack of understanding by venue operators...NO. YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER.
But we’d love to have you. More and more, the AFA receives calls on a whole range of topics, but mostly from stakeholders seeking help or advice, usually related to a business crisis. Increasingly the caller has assumed they are an AFA Member, when they are not. What...Trouble wrapping your head around common Advanced Manufacturing ‘lingo’?
Here is a ‘Hot List’ of COMMON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TERMS to help you communicate with potential customers and suppliers.
Is it time to renew your business insurance?
Finding the right balance between cover and cost can be a challenge when you don’t have the time to be sifting through quotes and going back and forth with brokers.
But which Insurance do you need for your business?