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.
The operators-owners of a Gloria Jean’s café in Melbourne have been penalized a total of $110,500 for paying employees as little as $8 per hour.
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.
When it comes to lawyers, jokes and stereotypes abound. Some are true, others are actually very outdated.
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.
A team of workplace inspectors is in Bundaberg today to respond to allegations of exploitation of foreign workers on Queensland farms.
Businesses including startups need not waste their time waiting for tax changes to employee share plans given there are alternatives, which can be implemented now.
