Legal Updates

Posted on July 13, 2023

Last year the High Court handed down the landmark decisions of Personnel Contracting[1] and Jamsek[2], which set out the applicable legal…

Posted on July 06, 2023

An employee and an independent contractor have different rights and obligations. This is why it is important to understand the difference…

Posted on June 22, 2023

Restraint of trade provisions are included in employment contracts to protect an employer’s legitimate business interests, such as trade…

Posted on June 09, 2023

The recent decision of Justice Jagot in FKP Commercial Developments Pty Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Limited [2022] FCA 862 is a good…

Posted on June 08, 2023

On 30 March 2023, Parliament passed the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Act 2023 (Act), which is aimed at…

Posted on May 26, 2023

Zombie agreements will soon be a thing of the past, as new changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) include the sunsetting…

Posted on May 25, 2023

Security of payments is a reference to the payment claim regime under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009…

Posted on May 25, 2023

This week is the 28th National Palliative Care Week, organised by Palliative Care Australia. Its purpose is to put matters of life and…

Posted on May 18, 2023

The Fair Work Commission recently heard two unfair dismissal matters concurrently, with very different outcomes. A firefighter who was…

Posted on May 11, 2023

Last year the High Court handed down the decisions of Personnel Contracting[1] and Jamsek[2] setting out the applicable legal principles to…