Demise of implied term of mutu­al trust and con­fi­dence — High Court decision

Sep 12, 2014

In Brief The legal fra­ter­ni­ty has been eager­ly await­ing the deci­sion of the High Court in the case of Com­mon­wealth…
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Can ter­mi­na­tion upon rea­son­able notice still be implied into an employ­ment contract?

Sep 10, 2014

In Brief The tra­di­tion­al­ly accept­ed notion that an employ­ment con­tract with no express notice pro­vi­sion may require an employ­er to pro­vide…
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Legal pro­fes­sion­al priv­i­lege and inves­ti­ga­tion reports

Aug 13, 2014

In Brief A recent deci­sion of the Fed­er­al Cir­cuit Court in an adverse action claim, has served to remind us of the…
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Request for Flex­i­ble Work­ing Arrangements 

Aug 13, 2014

In Brief When com­pa­nies receive employ­ee requests for flex­i­ble work­ing arrange­ments, under­stand­ing if they can accom­mo­date their employ­ee’s need for flex­i­bil­i­ty…
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Adverse Action claims avail­able despite lengthy absence from work

Aug 1, 2014

In Brief The Fed­er­al Cir­cuit Court has dis­pelled any lin­ger­ing doubts as whether or not employ­ers can safe­ly ter­mi­nate employ­ment fol­low­ing…
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NABERS Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion: Don’t get caught on the wrong side of the fence 

Jul 15, 2014

In Brief With the com­mer­cial prop­er­ty mar­ket heat­ing up, if you are a ven­dor or a lessor you should ensure that your build­ing…
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Prac­tice note: Approval of pro­vi­sion­al liq­uida­tor’s remuneration

Jul 14, 2014

In Brief In the Mat­ter of CB Con­struc­tions (NSW) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 913 is a recent deci­sion of Jus­tice Black which…
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Unfair dis­missal and the high income threshold

Jul 14, 2014

In Brief In this arti­cle our employ­ment team pro­vides details on the high income thresh­old that increased from 1 July this year…
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Extend­ing a con­ven­ing peri­od before it expires — rel­e­vant principles

Jul 2, 2014

In Brief The admin­is­tra­tor of a com­pa­ny under admin­is­tra­tion must con­vene a meet­ing of the com­pa­ny’s cred­i­tors with­in the con­ven­ing peri­od set out…
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Award Wage Increase — What do I do?

Jun 16, 2014

In Brief With the new tax year upon us, for many busi­ness­es, work­ers com­pen­sa­tion pol­i­cy peri­ods turn-over and bud­gets are being…
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