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The average Australian tradie is often stereotyped as being strong, unemotional and easy going. Expecting people to live up to this image is completely unrealistic at the best of times, and now more than ever.As a result of this pressure to meet the stereotype, many tradies try to be stoic and push negative feelings to the back of their minds, avoiding discussing any issues with friends and family so as not to appear weak. While tradies will openly chat about physical health, the discussion of mental health is still regarded as somewhat taboo (particularly on the job site) and as a result, is often avoided until someone's at their breaking point.This culture helps contribute to these alarming stats:

Here are the latest pricing changes for Burdens products this September.

We hope our emails and posts over the past couple of weeks have helped you to better understand the Victorian Stage 4 restrictions, as well as the financial assistance options that are available to businesses across the state. During this time we’ve received an unprecedented amount of queries from businesses concerned about how their businesses will fare.

Here are the Burdens specials for the month of August.

On the 8th of April 2020, legislation passed both Houses of Parliament for Workplace Flexibility and JobKeeper. For most modern Awards, Fair Work amendments have now been included. The basic summary of Workplace Flexibility Arrangements is:

Over this last week we hope we have supported and helped you understand just what Stage 4 restrictions mean to you and your business. Information and practical solutions regarding COVID Safe plans, COVID SWMS and Permitted Worker Permits was provided to all of our users, and to the best of our knowledge, this remains current.