Mer­i­tas — An Intro­duc­tion to Tem­po­rary Changes Affect­ing Busi­ness­es in Aus­tralia and New Zealand

Jul 16, 2020

Look­ing for busi­ness and legal guid­ance regard­ing COVID-19 updates and pro­grams in Aus­tralia & New Zealand? This doc­u­ment has cov­er­age across…
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Deeds of Release and their effec­tive­ness – update 2019

Aug 12, 2019

Intro­duc­tion Releas­es and in par­tic­u­lar, deeds of release, play a sig­nif­i­cant role in resolv­ing dis­putes across a wide range of issues and…
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Abuse from the gen­er­al pub­lic: The oblig­a­tions of employers

Aug 29, 2018

Recent­ly a radio pre­sen­ter on ABC radio in Ade­laide broke down in tears on air after receiv­ing an abu­sive text mes­sage…
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The First Cat­e­go­ry 1 WHS Pros­e­cu­tion in New South Wales: The Mean­ing of ​“Reck­less”

Apr 26, 2018

The recent deci­sion of the Dis­trict Court in Stephen James Orr v Cud­al Lime Prod­ucts Pty Ltd; Stephen James Orr v Simon…
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ACCC report high­lights penal­ties for fran­chisors for fail­ing to meet dis­clo­sure obligations

Mar 6, 2018

The ACCC has recent­ly pub­lished its bi-annu­al ​“Small busi­ness in focus” report (​‘the Report’) for the peri­od July to Decem­ber…
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Prin­ci­pal Con­trac­tors: The Rules of Engagement

Jan 31, 2018

The role of prin­ci­pal con­trac­tor is crit­i­cal in man­ag­ing the work health and safe­ty risks on con­struc­tion projects. Even so, mis­un­der­stand­ings…
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Fran­chisors beware: ACCC report high­lights actions tak­en against franchisors

Aug 24, 2017

The ACCC has recent­ly pub­lished its bian­nu­al ​“Small Busi­ness in Focus” report (​“the Report”) which describes the work it has…
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Health & Safe­ty Rep­re­sen­ta­tives: intro­duc­tion to the workplace

May 15, 2012

In Brief Fol­low­ing on from our ear­li­er arti­cle regard­ing the new Work Health and Safe­ty Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act), this…
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