The Federal Court has handed down penalties of $447,300 and ordered 49 workers be back-paid $223,000 in a case involving a Sydney-based faci…

Emma Koehn is a former senior SmartCompany journalist.
The Federal Court has handed down penalties of $447,300 and ordered 49 workers be back-paid $223,000 in a case involving a Sydney-based faci…
Hundreds of creditors are owed $12 million following the appointment of liquidators to Brisbane-based apartment builder CMF Projects, with r…
Objections from workers at an Aldi distribution centre around the “averaging” of shift hours have prompted legal experts to remind SMEs it’…
Sydney-based email marketing platform Vero has just secured $4 million from Square Peg Capital, but for a startup focused on data, one eleme…
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has handed down its decision on an annual increase to the minimum wage, deciding on a 3.3% increa…
The spectre of Amazon may be looming menacingly over Aussie retail, but Catch Group co-founder Gabby Leibovich says he’s been taking plenty…
The small business community has certainty at last over the transitional arrangements for the new Sunday penalty rates that will apply to a …
British construction company Mears is unapologetic about a new policy that forces staff to be clean shaven at work due to health and safety …
They’re back: Australia’s sharks are back in the tank and will be on the lookout for deals when the third season of Shark Tank kicks off in …
Everyone knows you should work on your conflict management skills to successfully negotiate the tides of business, but are you able to elimi…
If you’re an entrepreneur, chances are a garden-variety office worker has looked you in the eye at some point and asked: “Are you crazy?…