Quirks in mod­ern awards #1: One mon­th’s notice of ter­mi­na­tion under the Pro­fes­sion­al Employ­ees Award

Nov 10, 2017

The major­i­ty of employ­ees in Aus­tralia are cov­ered by an indus­try / occu­pa­tion spe­cif­ic mod­ern award. Whilst many of the…
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Quirks in mod­ern awards #2: Five or six weeks’ annu­al leave under the Nurs­es Award 2010

Nov 10, 2017

The major­i­ty of employ­ees in Aus­tralia are cov­ered by an indus­try / occu­pa­tion spe­cif­ic mod­ern award. Whilst many of the…
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Quirks in mod­ern awards #3: No ​“small busi­ness” exemp­tion for redun­dan­cy pay under cer­tain awards

Nov 10, 2017

The major­i­ty of employ­ees in Aus­tralia are cov­ered by an indus­try / occu­pa­tion spe­cif­ic mod­ern award. Whilst many of the…
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Quirks in mod­ern awards #4: No over­time rates for casu­als in the Hor­ti­cul­ture Award 2010

Nov 10, 2017

The major­i­ty of employ­ees in Aus­tralia are cov­ered by an indus­try / occu­pa­tion spe­cif­ic mod­ern award. Whilst many of the…
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Redun­dan­cies: New case sheds some light on con­sul­ta­tion and rede­ploy­ment obligations

Nov 6, 2017

Depend­ing on how an employ­er goes about things, ter­mi­nat­ing staff who are sur­plus to require­ments, can have very dif­fer­ent legal…
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Unusu­al wills and where to find them: What makes a valid will?

Oct 31, 2017

With the advent of tech­nol­o­gy, courts have had to grap­ple with dif­fi­cult ques­tions of whether to accept new forms of…
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Employ­ment law myth No.7: ​“There’s no point hav­ing a restraint of trade in an employ­ment contract”

Oct 12, 2017

It is a com­mon mis­con­cep­tion that courts don’t enforce ​“restraints of trade” (those claus­es in employ­ment con­tracts pre­vent­ing for­mer employ­ees from…
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Employ­ment law myth No.6: ​“If I pay them a salary, the award does­n’t apply”

Oct 12, 2017

Most employ­ees in Aus­tralia are cov­ered by an indus­try or occu­pa­tion-spe­cif­ic mod­ern award which pro­vides for min­i­mum terms and con­di­tions…
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Employ­ment law myth No.5: ​“If they’re not per­form­ing well, I can extend their probation”

Oct 5, 2017

Over the next few weeks, we’re dis­pelling some com­mon­ly held employ­ment law mis­con­cep­tions, in a series of short arti­cles. Warn­ing –…
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Employ­ment law myth No.5: ​“If they’re not per­form­ing well, I can extend their probation”

Oct 5, 2017

Over the next few weeks, we’re dis­pelling some com­mon­ly held employ­ment law mis­con­cep­tions, in a series of short arti­cles. Warn­ing –…
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