How are you handling privacy risks in your business? Even as a small to medium business, if you are handling personal information of your clients, customers, employees, or any other stakeholder, you should have processes in place to ensure compliance with privacy laws and regulations, mitigate potential harms, and safeguard personal information. The most effective [...]
National unfair contract terms (UCT) regime came into operation in 2010 which rendered void unfair terms in standard form consumer contracts. Further reforms were introduced in November 2023 which made such UCT’s void, but also illegal. The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the ASIC Act 2001 contain significant penalties for using UCTs, with each [...]
It is both good practice and prudent risk management to prepare and use a shareholders agreement for shareholders in proprietary limited companies. They can operate as a “rule book” for shareholders and also separate their private arrangements from the company constitution. A shareholders agreement should (subject to applicable legislation): define the rights and obligations of [...]
Under the Fair Work Act, employees dealing with the impact of family and domestic violence can: take unpaid family and domestic violence leave; request flexible working arrangements (if working for the same employer regularly for at least 12 months); and take paid or unpaid personal/carer’s leave, in certain circumstances. The Fair Work Act defines family [...]
