Rights and responsibilities for NSW businesses
Selling goods and services
Understand your responsibilities and obligations for selling goods and services as a business in NSW – including consumer rights and product safety.
Acceptable business conduct
Learn about how laws, codes of practice and service charters govern the behaviour of business owners and how these laws, codes and charters help businesses.
Advertising laws and your business
Learn about what you can and cannot say or do when advertising and marketing your business to potential customers.
Industry specific business requirements
Find licensing and operating requirements for retail, motor vehicle and service station businesses and services in NSW.
Dealing with customers
Find out what legal rights, responsibilities and obligations you have to customers under the Australian Consumer Law.
Limited and incorporated limited partnerships
Understand the different types of partnerships, and how to register and maintain partnerships in NSW.
Ensuring a safe and healthy workplace
Work health and safety laws
Information to help you understand work health and safety and workers compensation legislation so you can meet your ongoing responsibilities as a business or employer.
Mentally healthy workplaces
Learn how to create a mentally healthy workplace, your rights and obligations, and the free training and resources available.
Respect at work
Workplace sexual harassment is a work health and safety hazard – and it's preventable. Understand your obligations to prevent, manage and report sexual harassment in your workplace.
Pay and conditions
Your obligations as an employer
If you're employing staff, you must meet obligations like minimum pay and conditions. Learn more about the basics of starting a business with the Small Business Commission.
Super for employers
Understand how much, when and how to pay super to your employees. Get Australian Tax Office guidance, including checklists and an online course.
Leave entitlements
Leave is when an employee is authorised to be absent from work. Learn more about the different types of leave, including annual leave, long service leave and public holidays.
Portable long service schemes in NSW
Portable long service schemes enable eligible workers in building and construction, community services and contract cleaning to accrue long service entitlements across different jobs, employers and contracts. Learn more about the schemes and your responsibilities as an employer.
Business tax, finances and growth
Business taxes
Find information about the types of taxes and duties businesses pay to the NSW Government including transfer duty and payroll tax.
Renting a property for your business
How to rent a retail, commercial or agricultural property for your business.
Grow your business
Learn about the ways you can expand your business, from innovative product development to supplying to government and other businesses.
Selling to NSW Government
Find out how to tender for NSW Government contracts and local government opportunities.
Business opportunities, training and networking
Access training and resources, become a supplier to government, get help moving your business to regional NSW, or partner with us in new precincts.
Get personalised support from the Service NSW Business Bureau
Personalised support
Get ongoing, one-on-one help with government programs and services, including licences and permits, selling to government, and accessing support to expand locally and overseas.
Online resources to help your business
Access free videos, podcasts, tools and webinars on a range of small business topics.
Selling or closing your business
Careful planning will help you with the transition out of your business.
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