Use our ‘departing employees’ checklist to protect your business

Use our ‘departing employees’ checklist to protect your business

The departure of an employee can be a difficult time for your business.  It is also a time that your business is exposed to the potential for real damage. If you establish a clear and consistent process for departing employees, you can protect your business and minimise the impact on staff and customers. Use our ‘departing employees’ checklist to protect your business.

How do pre-emption rights work?

How do pre-emption rights work?

Most Shareholder Agreements, Constitutions and Partnership Agreements provide ‘pre-emption’ rights. These are rights that require someone wanting to sell an interest in the enterprise, to first offer the interest to the other equity holders. But they do not necessarily require the majority to buy.

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

ADLV Law (we, us and our) provides legal services and related information including on our website located at www.adlvlaw.com.au (Website). This Privacy Policy explains our approach to dealing with your Personal Information. We set out how we collect, hold, manage and use Personal Information, including when you engage or use our services or visit, interact […]

The commoditisation of everything

The commoditisation of everything

There really is only one sustainable career or endeavour – commoditisation. This is the work of taking something requiring high levels of knowledge, experience and creativity, and turning it into something that a novice can easily do for themselves, for free. If you want to maintain and grow your real value over an extended period, that is it. There is nothing else.

Is the customer always right?

Is the customer always right?

Many businesses have built strong brands by treating customers well. But it is also important to ensure that no single customer can put your business at risk. You need to draw the line somewhere. This is where your terms of supply come in. However, these terms need to be consistent with the Australian Consumer Law.

First-quarter employment law tune-up

First-quarter employment law tune-up

The end of the first calendar quarter for the year is fast approaching, and this is a great time to think about improving your employment processes and procedures.  To get you started, these are our favourite employment law ‘nuts and bolts’ that may need some tightening.

Is your business ready for sale?

Is your business ready for sale?

If you’re thinking of selling your business, we bet there are 2 key outcomes you are looking for:
1. Getting the highest purchase price possible; and
2. Being able to make a clean break from the business, so you can think about something else (and maybe even relax or take a holiday).
These outcomes are both realistic and achievable, but it will take some planning before you put the business up for sale.

Individual Flexibility Agreements: Bending Backwards Without Bending The Rules

Individual Flexibility Agreements: Bending Backwards Without Bending The Rules

You may have noticed that ‘flexibility’ has become the new buzz word for Australian workplaces. Most of the popular focus has been on the benefits that flexibility provides to workers, rather than employers. As an employer, you may only just be keeping up with all of the day-to-day issues that come with employing someone such […]