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On 17 May 2019, news broke that Israel Folau, a professional Australian rugby player, had been dismissed by Rugby Australia over a controversial religious Instagram post last month. The post singled out gay people, among others, and suggested that th...
Unfair dismissal claims often centre on the harsh, unjust or unreasonable nature of a dismissal relating to an employee’s conduct or performance at work. It is less common that claims of unfair dismissal arise due to an absence from work, where an em...
ASIC is tasked with registering and supervising liquidators who accept formal appointments as external administrators of companies in Australia, to ensure compliance with the law as well as with generally accepted professional standards, practices an...
The extent of ASIC’s power to reinstate a company, as well as what is meant by an ‘person aggrieved’ for the purposes of s 601AH of the Corporations Act, were recently clarified by Reeves J in the Federal Court case of ASIC v CFS Private...
The Federal Court of Australia in Kaboko Mining Limited v Van Heerden (No 3) [2018] FCA 2055 handed down a significant decision which clarified the operation of "insolvency exclusion" clauses in a D&O liability insurance policy. The issu...
McCabes’s Employment Team has published a three-part article series on unpaid internships. The article series explains the relevant law (
Unpaid internships are often considered a rite of passage for those entering the workforce. But any business looking to engage an intern must ensure that it does so in accordance with the law. This three-part article series explains the relevant law ...
Unpaid internships are often considered a rite of passage for those entering the workforce. But any business looking to engage an intern must ensure that it does so in accordance with the law. This three-part article series explains the relevant law ...
Unpaid internships are often viewed as a rite of passage for those entering the workforce. But any business looking to engage an intern must ensure that it does so in accordance with the law. This three-part article series explains the relevant law (...