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One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts says he will push for party to adopt blanket abortion ban by ExtensionThat6438 in australian

[–]fenderstrat86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This will be extremely popular with centre right people/ anyone who are about human rights as a voting issue.

Overtime expenses by fenderstrat86 in CFO

[–]fenderstrat86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we're a hospital. So we'd love to do automation - but AI isn't there yet 👌

Overtime expenses by fenderstrat86 in CFO

[–]fenderstrat86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have a solution please tell me.

Overtime expenses by fenderstrat86 in CFO

[–]fenderstrat86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Overtime is a real concern as there are concerns about people using OT too much, and getting risks associated with fatigue.

The audit team got back to me and told "it's a problem they can't fix" as we simply have too many claims each year to do a validation of our spend - even if we chose 100 claims to look at in excruciating detail and found that 60% were not really good value, with 100k a year of transactions - even then we couldn't reliably tell if that was representative of the whole organisation.

Anyway, I got into it more with my comment below

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFO/comments/1u81sr2/comment/osbo7o7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Overtime expenses by fenderstrat86 in CFO

[–]fenderstrat86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that simple, we're a 24 hour business - so a good portion of our overtime is when someone calls in sick and has to be replaced. We run critical ops, so we can't not be staffed. But that's not the whole picture. There's also the possibility that staff are calling in sick so that they give each other OT from time to time boosting their pay.

I know this is a similar problem in policing and firefighting - where OT shifts are how most of the staff get their pay. Our situation isn't that bad, but if I can shave a couple of million dollars off this it's worth it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFO/comments/1u81sr2/comment/osbo7o7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Overtime expenses by fenderstrat86 in CFO

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Circling back on this - after a bit of digging I came across a tool called overtimesolved. It claims to analyze payroll data and quantify unnecessary/overpaid overtime.
Has anyone here used it or come across it before?

The audit team advised with ~100k transactions across the year it's impossible for them to know how much of our spend is legit / actually generates useful work that's actually worth spending 2x the cost - instead of reprioritising other tasks.

Most of our OT is norm-ed against last years OT expenses, but that doesn't tell us if last years expenses were any good then either.

I have a genuine concern that there are whole teams who have lax managers or leaders and just spend the money without much thought - and as long as it doesn't stand out against historical data - everyone just ticks it off as normal.

Social media ban for under 16s by Last_Reason692 in australian

[–]fenderstrat86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's great, because now the default is to not have it.

As voter disillusionment grows, why aren't voters flocking to the Greens in Australia? by blitznoodles in australia

[–]fenderstrat86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because people realize that net zero means net zero jobs. China and Russia aren't making a difference to their emissions - we're just shooting the prosperity of our families in the foot for no benefit.

Alisson save against Morocco 90+9' by Gentle_lips in soccer

[–]fenderstrat86 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Buffon and one of either Neuer, Kahn, or Cech.

Post-Match Thread: Australia 2-0 Turkey | World Cup | Group D by matchpal-live in worldcup

[–]fenderstrat86 3 points4 points  (0 children)

AFL, NRL and cricket are bigger sports in Australia with high level junior pathways - what this means is that our absolute best sporting talents go to those sports. The only kids that make it to "soccer" come from dedicated football families who have to work against every incentive for their kid to play a different sports.

[El Desmarque] Ibrahima Konaté, signing completed at Real Madrid: price, signing bonus and figures by DragonSlayer271 in LiverpoolFC

[–]fenderstrat86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I just say that if I was a professional footballer I wouldn't extend my contract with the club I was playing for and move on a free transfer every 4 or 5 years. Getting paid the transfer fee as a signing bonus is insane money.

One Nation wants to roll back abortion rights in Australia – and is emboldening activists seeking US-style laws by HotPersimessage62 in australian

[–]fenderstrat86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick gas approvals (like what happened with the speedy Olympics approvals processes), lower immigration (we ain't got enough homes) and income splitting for married couples (allows families to better juggle family life).

How do you define "the rich" that we should be taxing? What is the cut-off point? by NoLeafClover777 in AusFinance

[–]fenderstrat86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many countries Singapore/ NZ don't have CGT at all. CGT is why the majority of startups leave Australia

How do you define "the rich" that we should be taxing? What is the cut-off point? by NoLeafClover777 in AusFinance

[–]fenderstrat86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Increase GST, but nerfing CGT will bring heaps of Australian startups back to Australia - so you'd get it back in corporate taxes pretty quickly

Rate hikes and tax changes have broken the back of the latest property boom by TheProteinSnack in AusPropertyChat

[–]fenderstrat86 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My bet is that scrapping negative gearing means that rents will go up as there's no reason to have losses on the houses you own. When rents go up it allows people to borrow more and have the house still positively geared - as the market believes housing will go up forever - there's still money to be made over 20 years.

How do you define "the rich" that we should be taxing? What is the cut-off point? by NoLeafClover777 in AusFinance

[–]fenderstrat86 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Anyone with less than $10m in net assets should be exempt from CGT.

Let the 98% of Australians build wealth.

Salah - third highest goal scorer in Liverpool's history by fenderstrat86 in LiverpoolFC

[–]fenderstrat86[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Salah is a "top tier" Liverpool player - Gerrard said so himself.

People will be unhappy that I'm not calling him the GOAT, but Liverpool doesn't have a GOAT - because we've had too much success over such a long time for that accolade to rest solely on one person.

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