Since 26 August 2025, small business employees can refuse unreasonable after-hours contact. You can still call; what matters is why, how, and whether you pay them to be available. The five factors, what trade awards allow, and an on-call set-up.
Section 179 and 100% bonus depreciation both turn on one test: the asset has to be ready and available for use by December 31. Ordering it is not the same thing — and the cargo bed decides the cap.
The nine details a landlord gas safety record must carry under regulation 36, how the two-month early window keeps the landlord's deadline, what to write when an appliance is unsafe, and how long the record is kept.
The Building Amendment Bill would make a home warranty compulsory on consented new homes and on renovations of $100,000 or more with restricted building work, and switch to proportionate liability. What it would change for builders, and where it stands before the election.
Form I-9 walked through in the order a new hire meets it: the current edition, Section 1 on day one, Section 2 by day three, the documents you may not ask for, the spring recall of a seasonal crew, subcontracted labor, and the three business days after an ICE Notice of Inspection.
The Construction Contracts Act gives a subcontractor on any job over €10,000 a statutory payment cycle, a 21-day response deadline, a right to suspend and a 28-day adjudication. All of it starts with a payment claim notice delivered within five days of the payment claim date. Which jobs the Act covers, what the notice must say, what the Schedule gives you when the contract is silent, and what to do on day 22.
Australia has eight state and territory workers compensation schemes. Here's which one covers your staff, when a subcontractor counts as your worker and what the premium is calculated on, with the detail from NSW and Victoria.
If more than half your business income comes from construction, the CRA wants a T5018 slip for each Canadian-resident subcontractor paid more than $500 for construction services. Who files, what goes on a slip, the reporting-period choice, the six-month deadline, electronic filing and the penalties.
Amendment 4 has been the only current version of BS 7671 since 15 October 2026. Which version a job designed earlier can follow, what the new battery chapter covers, why an FI no longer fails an EICR, and the PNB and form changes.
Automatic renewal laws decide whether an auto-renewing tune-up, pest control or lawn plan can renew: what the customer agrees to at sign-up, the reminder before renewal and how easily they can cancel. California, New York, Illinois, Florida and other states compared, and what to change in your agreement.
