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The Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (the Bill) passed Parliament on 2 December 2022. We held a webinar on 1 December 2022 to highlight some of the change...
The first office festive season in three years is upon us. Over the last few years, social interactions within workplaces have been limited. But that is all behind us with the ease of pandemic related restrictions, social events are back in vogue. C...
Flexibility. The preference of many employees in a post pandemic world appears to be at the very least a 'hybrid' model of working – a mixture between work-from-home (or work-from-anywhere) and work from the office. Over the last almost three year...
Case Note – Zaya v Damirdjian Judgment date: 11 October 2022 Citation: Zaya v Damirdjian [2022] NSWCA 203 Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of NSW Before: Bell CJ, Gleeson JA and Griffiths AJA Principles Expert evidence has a limited...
On 28 September 2022, the Federal Government released the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 (Cth) (Bill), increasing penalties for competition and consumer law.
A common asset protection strategy used by those who engage in high-risk business or provide professional services is to put the matrimonial home in their spouse's name to protect it from the claims of creditors in context of bankruptcy. This practic...
Last week, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) launched civil proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against retail giant Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd (Harvey Norman) and its credit-card ...
The recent case of In the matter of ACN 152 546 453 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2022] NSWSC 974 demonstrates the circumstances in which a person may be regarded as a 'de facto director' and therefore face personal liability for breaching duties owed a...
Producing approximately 9% of Australia's gross domestic product, the construction industry generates $360 billion in revenue annually and has been under significant strain in recent months. Insolvency is now one of the biggest issues facing the cons...