When you first began your VA business it’s likely that your budget was tight, and you were overwhelmed with all that goes into setting up your business. Setting up your ABN, creating a website and socials, and perhaps you didn’t quite know where your first client was going to come from. I almost feel the stress just writing that down.

Congratulations, you’ve made the decision that it's time to employ a casual employee. While this can be an exciting period of growth for your business, and a time when you can look to offload some tasks on your to-do list, it can also be a confusing time getting your head around the legal ins and outs of how you can go about employing a casual employee the right way.

As a social media manager, you help businesses capitalise on the popularity of various social media platforms by managing the marketing, branding and engagement for the business on those platforms. You have an important role to play as a professional and as such need to have a social media management agreement to outline the terms of your work and protect yourself.