In a post-pandemic market, operating in collaborative fashion, rather than an adversarial one, will be much more conducive to the times, argues one principal and award-winner. Marianne Marchesi,
March 5, 2021
The Federal Court has found Australia-wide courier delivery franchisor Megasave Couriers misled franchisees with false guarantees of weekly payments and annual income.
In proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the Federal Court declared Megasave Couriers Australia breached consumer law by making false or misleading representations to incoming franchisees.
Megasave admitted, from September 2019 to July 2020, it promised potential franchisees guaranteed minimum weekly payments of about $2,000 and an annual income of $91,000.
However, the company was not paying its existing franchisees the promoted weekly payments, and it did not have the revenue to pay franchisees in line with its claims.
Top 10 stories for boutiques in 2020
By Jerome Doraisamy|17 December 2020
This year, the most-read stories for boutiques demonstrated that sole practitioners and SME firm leaders were focused not simply on survival but on putting the best foot forward for a post-pandemic world.
Melbourne’s extended lockdown was deleterious to the health and wellbeing of many lawyers. Not Katerina Peiros. In this interview, she details how she doesn’t really have a separation between her work life and other facets of her existence, in ways that other practitioners might – as someone who loves working from home, and whose hobbies have largely been compatible with lockdown, Ms Peiros has found that she has thrived during the age of coronavirus.