Business Advice

SMEs have begun registering for temporary restructuring relief, under the country’s new insolvency regime that began on January 1. 

Kogan.com has been fined more than $310,000 by the national communications watchdog for sending millions of promotional emails that breached spam law.

Employers are obliged to try to find new opportunities for employees facing redundancy. But what qualifies as acceptable redeployment?

ICP is calling on SMEs to register interest in potential collective action against insurers that have rejected COVID-19-related claims.

A growing number of businesses are registering interest in legal action against Tyro, after a service outage affected their eftpos terminals.

With the rollout of the vaccine to begin next month, business advocates call for the option to stand down staff if they don't get vaccinated.

Disgraced franchising giant Retail Food Group is facing legal action for allegedly misleading its franchisees when selling them loss-making stores.

These casual loading offset provisions reduce an employer's liability to pay permanent employment entitlements where a worker is mischaracterised.

The Coalition's industrial relations omnibus bill includes changes to small claims, which could significantly reduce legal costs for SMEs.

Christian Porter said the government's casual conversion IR reform offers employees a “very strong right”. But this is not the case at all.

Disputes mediation platform Immediation has raised $3.75 million and seen 1000% growth, as COVID-19 amplifies the need for legam reforms.

The ACCC says Australia should introduce new nation-wide fair trading laws to better protect small businesses, and impose penalties on companies that contravene the Food and Grocery Code.