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Running a business can get complicated quickly. MBK connects your people, numbers, systems and strategy so you can make better decisions with confidence — with the right support around you across Business Advisory, Tax Accounting, HR, and Bookkeeping & Payroll.

Stronger business owners build stronger businesses.

Support for business owners who want clarity, confidence and stronger foundations

Running a business can get complicated quickly. MBK connects your people, numbers, systems and strategy so you can make better decisions with confidence — with the right support around you across Business Advisory, Tax Accounting, HR, and Bookkeeping & Payroll.

Has your business outgrown the way you've been doing things?

What worked when the business was smaller does not always keep working as it grows.

You may have more people, more moving parts and more decisions to make — without the systems, information or support around you keeping pace.

Sometimes the issue is obvious. Sometimes it is simply a sense that things could be clearer, stronger or easier to manage.

You do not need to wait until something is broken before asking for help.

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Working with information you don't full trust

Dealing with disconnected people, finances or systems

Wanting experiences support before something becomes a bigger issue

Ready to move beyond DIY

Working with information you don't full trust

Dealing with disconnected people, finances or systems

Wanting experiences support before something becomes a bigger issue

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A Business Keeper helps you see the whole picture.

A strong business needs more than good bookkeeping, sound HR or the right tax advice in isolation.

A Business Keeper looks across the business — people, finance, systems, compliance and strategy — and helps connect what is happening in each area.

We ask the questions that need to be asked, help create clarity and strengthen the foundations around you so you can make better decisions with confidence.

Everything in your business is connected. Your support should be too.

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Business Advisory

Make better decisions with clearer information.

Get practical support around budgets, cash flow, profitability, forecasting and business performance, so you can understand what the numbers are telling you and make more confident decisions about what comes next.

Tax Accounting

Keep the financial foundations of your business strong.

From tax and compliance to financial reporting and ongoing accounting support, we help you stay on top of your obligations and understand the financial position of your business more clearly.

HR

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Get practical HR support for the real people issues that come with running a business — from employment documentation and performance management to workplace matters, compliance and ongoing HR guidance.

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are right.

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Business Advisory

Make better decisions with clearer information.

Get practical support around budgets, cash flow, profitability, forecasting and business performance, so you can understand what the numbers are telling you and make more confident decisions about what comes next.

Tax Accounting

Keep the financial foundations of your business strong.

From tax and compliance to financial reporting and ongoing accounting support, we help you stay on top of your obligations and understand the financial position of your business more clearly.

HR

Build a stronger, more capable team.

Get practical HR support for the real people issues that come with running a business — from employment documentation and performance management to workplace matters, compliance and ongoing HR guidance.

Bookkeeping & Payroll

Know your numbers

are right.

Reliable bookkeeping and payroll give you accurate information, stronger systems and greater confidence in the day-to-day financial workings of your business.

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MBK works with business owners at different stages — from getting the foundations right to managing the complexity that comes with growth.

You may have outgrown DIY, inherited systems that are not working well, need more confidence in your numbers or people decisions, or simply want experienced support around you.

What makes MBK different is that you are supported by a connected team with shared knowledge, strong systems and practical expertise across the business.

  • Connected expertise

  • Qualified professionals

  • Team-based support

  • Practical advice

  • Capability, not dependence

why businesses choose mbk

The right support,

when your business needs more around it

MBK works with business owners at different stages — from getting the foundations right to managing the complexity that comes with growth.

You may have outgrown DIY, inherited systems that are not working well, need more confidence in your numbers or people decisions, or simply want experienced support around you.

What makes MBK different is that you are supported by a connected team with shared knowledge, strong systems and practical expertise across the business.

  • Connected expertise

  • Qualified professionals

  • Team-based support

  • Practical advice

  • Capability, not dependence

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Closing the Loopholes | Legislation Changes | Casual Employment

Closing the Loopholes | Legislation Changes | Casual Employment

April 21, 2026•2 min read
Casual Employment

Casual Employment

During August 2024 there were 2 major changes to the Fair Work Legislation. The first of the changes is the new definition of what a casual employee is.

Effective of the 26th of August 2024 an employee is a casual employee if there is no firm advanced commitment to continuing and indefinite work, taking into account a number of factors, including the real substance, practical reality and true nature of the employment relationship and they are entitled to receive a casual loading or specific Casual pay rate.

So what is no firm advanced commitment?

The factors that the Fair Work Commission will take into account include;

  • The real substance, practical reality and true nature of the employment relationship

  • the employer can offer or not offer work to the employee

  • the employee can reject or accept work

  • it is reasonably likely that there will be future work available to the employers business based on the nature of the business

  • there are full-time or part-time employees performing the same kind of work in the employees business as the work that the employee normally performs

  • the employee has a regular pattern of work.

Casual Conversion

The Fair Work Commission has also changed the casual conversion process. This process has now moved from an employer obligation to an employee one with a much shorter time frame unless you are a small business employer. If you have over 15 employees then after six months of employment the employee can apply for casual conversion if they no longer meet the definition of a casual employee. If you have under 15 employees the timeframe for an employee to apply for conversion is 12 months. The employer has the opportunity to reject this application on specific grounds.

To ensure that casual employees know their entitlements employers now have to supply all casual employees with the Casual Fair Work information Statement (like here) on commencement, at six months and every 12 months after this.

What do employers need to do?

  • Ensure that your casual employees currently and continue to meet the new definition

  • Provide employees with the Casual Fair Work Information statement at the correct intervals - utilise tech reminders to ensure you are meeting this obligation

  • Respond within 21 days to requests for casual conversion.

For more information check out the Fair Work or reach out to us via our contact form!


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