Business Advice

An employee who worked from home has lost her unfair dismissal bid, after her employer found low keystroke activity while monitoring her laptop.

Small businesses across Australia now have less than two weeks to prepare for new paid domestic violence leave entitlements, which provide employees up to ten paid days off across a twelve-month period.

A recent case before the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has highlighted the importance of clarity when dismissing an employee.

The start of each financial year usually brings with a host of tax changes that SMEs need to be aware of, as well a a range of other legal changes that affect large sections of the Australian business community.

Australian small businesses now have access to automated legal advice through Lawpath's new artificial intelligence platform, a development co-founder Dominic Woolrych could help company directors put off by the significant costs of traditional legal guidance.

Meg's Flowers does not operate any local shopfronts and fulfils orders through its network of subsidiaries.

A company director will review the culture of embattled accounting firm PwC as the federal government works out how to deal with the consequences of the tax leak scandal.

Inadequate disclosures of sponsored content by influencers and a lack of advertising transparency are among the key concerns included in the ACCC's latest analysis report.

Sustainability focused superannuation fund Future Super has become the latest Australian company to be handed a fine by the corporate regulator for so-called 'greenwashing'.

Optus is facing one of the largest class action claims in Australian history, with legal firm Slater and Gordon arguing a data breach that exposed the data of almost 10 million customers breached privacy laws, made users vulnerable to fraud attempts, and caused significant emotional distress.

Disputes are a part of doing business and resolving a business dispute can be stressful, expensive, and a drawn-out process. 

The competition and consumer watchdog has created an internal sustainability taskforce to help oversee the regulation of Australia's increasingly "greener economy".