New year, new rules: Why you need to update your Terms and Conditions
Have you ever wondered how often your Terms and Conditions need to be updated? Here’s a checklist of how you will know when it’s time:
Our TOP 5 most useful clauses in an employment contract
What exactly should your employment contract include? Here are the top five clauses every employer should have up their sleeve if things go sideways.
The cost of cutting corners | When wage theft becomes a criminal offence
From 1 January 2025, employers caught short changing their workers won’t just be facing a slap on the wrist, they could be facing criminal charges. The new “wage theft offences” introduce serious penalties for those who intentionally underpay employees, with fines reaching up to $1,565,000 (or prison) for individuals and $7,825,000 or three times the […]
Top 3 things I do (and don’t!) use GenAI for as a Lawyer
Every business owner I know is talking about AI and trialling new software. Meeting recording software that automatically generates post-meeting notes seems to be the flavour of 2025. See this ABC article for example. In fact, when I’m sitting around the table with a bunch of fellow business owners, I can just about guarantee that […]
Dodging digital thieves: The costly mistake businesses keep making
Scammers are out there, and they want your money. The bad news? They’re getting better at it. The worse news? They might already be lurking in your inbox or those of your customers or suppliers. Scam invoices are absolutely prolific and it has become quite the lucrative business model. The ACCC says there were 39,587 […]
What employers need to know about restraints of trade
You may have heard that restraints of trade are not worth the paper they’re written on. You can be pretty sure we wouldn’t be writing this blog if that were true. So what can you include?
Sarah’s top tips for choosing the right lawyer
Navigating the the legal system can feel daunting, but one crucial step for a good outcome is finding the right lawyer to partner with you.
Unfair contract negotiations
One week into the new unfair contracts law and I just had one of the easiest experiences negotiating a contract for a small business that I can remember. Why might this be? This new law is changing the rules of the game. Bargaining power has shifted significantly in favour of “small business” and no one […]
Flexible Working Requests
The next round of Fair Work Act changes drop on 6th June 2023. These are the changes dealing with flexible working requests. The main change for employers is that you need to discuss the request with the employee, genuinely consider their needs and the consequences if you don’t allow the change in working arrangements and […]
Can you spot an unfair contract term?
Unfair contract law is set to expand in 2023 meaning it should be on your radar if you have any contracts with small businesses