Posted on March 25, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates globally, businesses are forced to make tough choices regarding staffing, scaling back operations or…
Posted on March 19, 2020
In March 2020, the High Court unanimously overturned a decision of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Queensland (Court of Appeal)…
Posted on March 13, 2020
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread from its epicentre in Wuhan, China at an alarming rate such that the World Health Organisation has…
Posted on December 10, 2019
As the holidays approach, we take this opportunity to remind employers to familiarise themselves with their workplace policies and to be…
Posted on November 20, 2019
In this age of electronic communications and documents, we are often asked to advise on how a legal document can be signed validly. There…
Posted on November 05, 2019
The 2018 Adelaide Magistrates’ Court decision of Marisha Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor v Daw [2018] SAMC 12 (Daw) (upheld on appeal to the…
Posted on August 29, 2019
Delivering a DCM (Don’t Come Monday) message to an employee by text message is poor form and the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has confirmed…
Posted on August 15, 2019
Employers and Employees often mistakenly believe that the terms of their contract reflect the true nature of their employment relationship.…
Posted on August 06, 2019
Ever missed out on tickets for a popular event, only then to find that the tickets have been ‘scalped’ and are now only available at a…
Posted on August 02, 2019
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) recently announced that celebrity Chef George Calombaris’ hospitality empire ‘MAdE Establishment Group’ would…