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…
Posted on May 04, 2023
It is common for employers to direct employees with insufficient accrued annual leave to instead take unpaid leave during temporary…
Posted on April 06, 2023
A Worker’s Lien is an option for recovering a debt and is a useful tool to secure payment for building work done under a contract. A…
Posted on March 17, 2023
In a recent decision concerning flexible working arrangements, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found an employer’s refusal to grant a…