Legal
As the job market becomes increasingly competitive for university graduates, many students and young professionals are willing to take on unpaid internships to gain experience in their chosen industry. This practice is widespread in the United States, where a laissez faire approach to workplace relations means businesses can benefit from taking on unpaid workers. But […]
Have you started noticing strange, odd behaviours from an employee? This may be occurring over time and can include the employee being too aggressive, too intimidating or just plain bizarre. If you’re the owner of an SME, you have the right to terminate an employee; however, you may be quite reluctant to dismiss the employee […]
The challenges for traditional industries are intensifying. After decades in the driving seat, technology is now striking the heart of what some industry sectors have traditionally kept to themselves. And arguably, it’s about time, as a new wave of technology enabled start-ups are finding more efficient ways to deliver services tailored to a client’s needs […]
What motivates an entrepreneur is a matter for the individual. It could be the prospect of making money – and lots of it, or the need to be your own boss. For others however, it’s the need to make big difference – and everything else falls incidental. After nine years in the legal profession, Ugur […]
Today, over 20 small business association leaders are convening at Parliament House to make their case for the adoption of the hotly debated effects test into Australian competition law. Put simply, the effects test, proposed by the Harper competition review, seeks to amend section 46 of the Competition and Consumer Act by targeting business behaviour that […]
If you find yourself negotiating a commercial or retail lease for the first time, being familiar with these key lease issues will help you strike a better deal.
If you think that bookkeeping and accounting fees are high, consider this horror story, which could be the one tale that gets business owners thinking about their own business.
While the eCommerce boom shows no signs of slowing down, it’s important that businesses understand the importance of a legal infrastructure behind their website.
Legal ramifications associated with emailed correspondence are often overlooked, but the growing instances in which emails are used to drive legal disputes suggest we should be paying more attention.
As emails fly back and forth between your business and clients, partners, friends and family, it’s easy to forget one thing: emails are often used as evidence in legal proceedings.
Driving under the influence can have a long-lasting and unpleasant effect on an individual, but it can end up even more costly than you may think if you are a small business owner.
Choosing a franchise over owning an independent business should provide you with constant back up and support. However, this doesn’t mean that you need to wash your hands of the legal and financial implications.
Shareholder buy/sell agreements are the perfect way to ensure your business continues to run smoothly, even when the unexpected occurs.
A small to medium enterprise or SME in Australia must have access to specific, fundamental types of legal advice. The failure to obtain this advice can result in a SME ending up facing significant and costly legal problems.
For small and even some medium-sized businesses, having to pay indemnification worth a few hundred thousand dollars almost always leads to instant insolvency, followed by bankruptcy and ultimately, termination.
Over the last several years, the little old sheepskin boot has been the centre of a very un-Australian brand name battle between a large American company and small Aussie manufacturers.
The status of the NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is shrouded in mystery amid speculation he is the key political casualty following the electrocution of a 28-year-old woman by a faulty USB charger.
Operators who sell unapproved electrical products are being targeted by Fair Trading investigators following the fatal electrocution of a young mother on the central coast.
A new Australia-wide study has revealed Australian law firms are ill prepared for the challenges of the future – more than a third admit their business models are not fit for the demands of the years to come.
New privacy laws have been in effect since 12 March 2014, and for the first time, Australian businesses are facing serious penalties if they don’t toe the line. So what does it all mean for SMEs?
