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Benjamin Gigney v Qantas Airways Limited T/A Qantas [2018] FWC 1352 A recent case in the Fair Work Commission has contemplated when a breach of a workplace conduct policy can justify dismissal. The case also makes it clear t...
United Voice v Berkeley Challenge Pty Limited [2018] FCA 224 The Federal Court of Australia has made an important ruling regarding an exception to make redundancy payments to employees under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW ...
The biggest minimum wage rise since 2010 will see a 3.5% increase in the National Minimum Wage and modern award rates from 1 July 2018. An estimated 2.3 million employees are set to see a pay rise following the release of the Fair Work Commission’s ...
The recent decision of the Full Federal Court in White, in the matter of Mossgreen Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) v Robertson[2018] FCAFC 63 (19 April 2018) serves to reinforce the importance of an external a...
SUMMARY In this article, we consider a number of recent authorities on whether an insolvent trustee company’s right of indemnity in trust assets is property of the company for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 (...
It may now be easier for Australian insolvency practitioners to carry out investigations and recover assets located in Hong Kong and in mainland China. On 8 February 2018, and for the first time, the High Court of Hong Kong granted an application for...
President of the United States, Donald Trump, fired his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, by tweet. It has been reported that Mr Tillerson learned his fate via the social media platform, which restricts messages to 280 characters or less. Althoug...
A recent decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia has demonstrated that the increased protections introduced by the vulnerable worker amendments to the Fair Work Act are being applied with real consequences for employers who underpay their ...
Restraint clauses are not ‘one size fits all’. Typically, courts look less favourably on restraints imposed on an employee than restraints imposed on a vendor to protect the goodwill of a business in a sale. So to be enforceable, restrain...