During the holiday period, Rankin Business Lawyers is open and available for those clients who need our assistance. And to everyone engaging in the annual ritual of making (and breaking) New Year’s resolutions…good luck! The issues we work to solve in conjunction with our clients don’t necessarily recognise holidays, and so if you need us, [...]
In a recent ruling that should galvanise franchisors across Australia to pursue greater oversight of their franchisees’ payroll practices and to intervene more actively as necessary, the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by a major franchise network against a finding of liability for underpayments by one of its outlets by the Fair Work Ombudsman [...]
Rankin Business Lawyers is delighted to announce its recertification as a B Corp company, scoring its best result yet on B Corp’s measures of social and environmental impact. B Corp certification assesses a company's social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency, and to become certified, organisations must achieve a minimum of 80 points on the [...]
Recently, we celebrated National Family Business Day; with so many of our clients, partners and friends at Rankin Business Lawyers running family businesses, we wanted to give these guys a special shout out. You can feel it when it’s a family business: it’s in the way they greet you by name, the pride they take [...]