If you're a business owner, you've probably found yourself party to many contracts: supplier agreements, client terms, leases, insurance policies, service agreements. Very few are properly reviewed before signing. Usually that's fine. Occasionally, it's the single most expensive decision a business makes that year. You don't need a lawyer to read every contract that crosses your desk. But you should know what to look for, and when it's worth getting a second opinion. The clau

If you engage anyone in your business who isn't a full-time employee (eg. a bookkeeper, a designer, a delivery driver, a consultant), then this question is worth ten minutes of your time. Getting it wrong is one of the most common (and most expensive) mistakes small business owners make in Australia. The old approach doesn't work anymore For a long time, the safest way to think about this was: what does the contract say? If it said "independent contractor," and the person had