Guides
Plain-English guides for Australian businesses that hire subcontractors.
- How Australian businesses track contractor compliance: four ways compared
Spreadsheets, basic trackers, enterprise portals and automatic document tracking compared: what each costs in time and money, and which suits a small or medium business. - Free subcontractor register template (Excel and CSV)
A free subcontractor register template for Excel or Google Sheets, with columns for insurance, licences and expiry dates. Download it as .xlsx or .csv. - Subcontractor ABNs: checking them, and when you may need to withhold tax
Why to check a subcontractor's ABN before you pay them, what a cancelled ABN means, and the ATO's rule on withholding tax when a supplier doesn't quote an ABN. - NDIS worker screening and contractor compliance checklist
A plain-English checklist for small NDIS providers: worker screening, registrations, first aid and CPR, police checks and contractor insurance, and how to keep them current. - Season-start checklist for sports club coaches, volunteers and contractors
A printable season-start checklist for club committees: working with children checks, coaching accreditation, first aid, concussion training and contractors' insurance. - Working with Children Checks for sports clubs: a state-by-state guide
Which coaches and volunteers at a junior sports club need a Working with Children Check, what each state calls it, how to verify one, and how to keep them current across seasons. - How to keep track of subcontractor insurance expiry dates
Most subcontractor insurance renews once a year, and the renewal never reaches you on its own. Three ways to track expiry dates, from a spreadsheet to doing it automatically. - Public liability vs workers compensation: what to ask subcontractors for
Public liability and workers compensation cover different things. What each one covers, when a subcontractor needs it, and what to ask them for. - Subcontractor compliance checklist for Australian businesses
A free, printable checklist of the documents and checks to collect from a subcontractor before they start, and how to keep them current. - What is a certificate of currency, and how do you check one?
A certificate of currency proves a subcontractor's insurance was in force when it was issued. Here's what to look for, and the mistakes that let lapsed cover slip through.
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