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On 26 October 2017 Mr Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services, tabled a bill in parliament, the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 (‘the Bill’) to establish legislation for a Commonwealth Redres...
Earlier in the year we reported that the Fair Work Ombudsman had successfully prosecuted an accounting firm for its role in a client’s breach of workplace laws. The accounting firm’s penalty has now been determined. It is the first time that the Fair...
Can an employee engaged to work overseas still bring a claim in Australia? Are employees overseas covered by Australian industrial instruments? These and other questions are answered in our 5 key lessons for employers with a global workforce.
The Victorian Court of Appeal has recently held that restraint of trade clauses in employment contracts are unenforceable against a former employee if they have been repudiated by the employer and the employee has accepted the repudiation and termina...
In a recent article we asked the question: who owns my social media content? In this article we take that enquiry one step further, and tackle the issue of ownersh...
The new financial year is a good time to review your workplace practices and reappraise documentation like your template employment contracts and policies. Being July, an updated Fair Work Information Statement has also been published. But what is ...
Whether you are a liquidator, director, employee, shareholder or creditor of a company in financial distress, the experience of a corporate insolvency is usually not pleasant. Directors face the threat of being investigated for breaches of direct...
The Fair Work Commission has released its annual wage review decision, which will see a 3.3% increase in the National Minimum Wage and modern award rates from 1 July 2017. Australians being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW
The Fair Work Ombudsman has successfully prosecuted an accounting firm for its role in a client’s breach of workplace laws It is well known that Australia’s workplace watchdog, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), prosecutes employers who...