Many business people don’t bother working with a lawyer when entering into important contracts, and end up agreeing to terms which eventually cause long terms issues, both from a client relationship and monetary perspective.
An unfortunate reality is that many businesspeople draft important legal documents themselves, using a template from a previous job or simply a free template they’ve discovered on a random website.
Setting up a franchise can be a great business decision, but there are also significant legal and regulatory costs to be considered.
If you run a company, no matter how big or small, your company shareholders agreement will be the most important legal document you’re likely to deal with.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has just released a booklet which aims to help small business operators with compliance obligations.
There’s a lot to think about when you’re buying or selling a business. Entrepreneurs often get stuck into the details of the transaction without thinking about the legal issues they may need to deal with and how they intend to approach them.
When terminating an employee by reason of redundancy, it is critical to ensure the redundancy is genuine, provide a fair consultative process and know your employee’s entitlements.
A prominent city billboard advertisement for corporate Christmas parties includes the slogan “Nothing HR can’t sort out in the morning”. The slogan is likely to strike a chord with many employers.
It happens more than we admit: Entrepreneurs get kicked out of their own companies. What to do when it happens to you.
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