Tag: Legal

Starting a business is always an exciting and daunting time – registrations, accountants, setting up tax requirements and then the marketing, production and sales processes.

Many start-ups do not initially have the capital to spend on compliance requirements and complicated legal structures. But there are some essentials you can’t afford to ignore. Here is Dynamic Business’ Legal 101 guide for start-ups!

Intellectual assets can account for more than 80 percent of a company’s value yet the majority of companies don’t ensure they are getting the most out of them. This hidden value can set you apart from competitors.

With the end of the year approaching and many businesses finalising employee remuneration and bonus payouts, employers are urged to use this opportunity to update their employment contracts, particularly provisions applied to confidential information and restraints of trade, which may be either unsatisfactorily drafted, or out of date, according to Harmers Workplace Lawyers.

While there is no handbook to ensure your workplace is in tip-top shape as you head into 2011, there is a set of rules to live by – the seven deadly sins, which can be used to guide acceptable organisational behaviour, and ensure your business is performing well in the new year.

Thirty-eight percent of employees have been less productive than normal in the lead-up to the Christmas break, 35% say they have been just as productive and 27% have been more productive, according to new research.

M Webster Holdings Pty Ltd, trading as David Lawrence, Jigsaw and Marcs, has paid three Infringement Notices totalling $19,800 to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission following an investigation into Webster’s refund policies.

It’s Christmas time and there is a real need to keep your business’ reputation and brand intact during this festive period of cheer and merriment.

Optus is seeking an injunction against Vodafone for misleading advertising surrounding Vodafone’s ‘infinite’ mobile plans aimed at business customers.

Lisa Berton, a Partner in Kemp Strang’s Employment Law practice, says several legal cases in recent months have dealt with social media in the workplace, however the definition of acceptable conduct is still blurred. She offers five tips to avoid a law suit over social media use by employees.