First Successful “Serious Contravention” Underpayment Yields Huge Fine
Posted on November 26, 2020
Laws introducing hefty penalties for “serious contraventions” of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) were introduced in 2017. Those laws provided…
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Does your contractor need to be paid superannuation? – They just might!
Posted on November 05, 2020
A recent decision of the full Federal Court will result in many contractors, who were previously considered to be outside the scope of…
5.2 Million Reasons to Act Carefully when Terminating an Employee
Posted on October 28, 2020
In Roohizadegan v TechnologyOne Limited [2020] FCA 1407 the Federal Court awarded a manager, who was dismissed after making numerous…
Viagogo and iSelect – two recent wins for consumers
Posted on October 16, 2020
Two unconnected cases show that big businesses who try to take advantage of consumers can get punished if their conduct is misleading or…
I call it the ‘Big Mac’
Posted on September 24, 2020
In the late 1970’s, McWilliam’s Wines launched wine in a 2-litre bottle. Their advert quoted a wine writer saying ‘I call it the “Big…
Copyright in the Aboriginal Flag
Posted on September 16, 2020
This flag is protected by copyright. By reproducing it, we are quite possibly infringing the copyright of Harold Thomas, the original…
Delaying the inevitable? – temporary insolvency relief extended to 2021
Posted on September 09, 2020
In March this year, the Australian Government implemented new measures to assist financially distressed businesses and individuals to…
‘Your Google search is at risk’
Posted on September 09, 2020
Unless you don’t use Google, Facebook or YouTube, you would have seen messages such as this in the last couple of weeks. What’s going on…
The Court reaffirms the strictly held position of what is in “creditors' best interests?”
Posted on September 02, 2020
It has been two years since the decision in SFL/Piletech (EA) Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 637 (Piletech) seemingly “increased” the hurdle for…
‘Independence’ key aspect of Independent Contracting arrangement
Posted on August 25, 2020
In a recent decision, Jamsek v ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 1934, the Full Federal Court found that two drivers engaged as…
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