Employ­ee or Contractor?

Mar 18, 2013

In Brief A recent deci­sion of the Full Court of the Fed­er­al Court of Aus­tralia takes us fur­ther in the murky world…
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What you were afraid to ask about Long Ser­vice Leave

Mar 18, 2013

In Brief Long ser­vice leave is an often over­looked and for­got­ten enti­tle­ment which rewards longer peri­ods of ser­vice. This arti­cle pro­vides…
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Recog­ni­tion of cross-bor­der insol­ven­cies in Australia 

Mar 5, 2013

In brief Swaab lawyers Georgina King and Michelle Harpur dis­cuss appli­ca­tions for recog­ni­tion of for­eign insol­ven­cy pro­ceed­ings in Aus­tralia under the…
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Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment incen­tivis­es for­eign invest­ment in Australia

Mar 5, 2013

Late last year the Gov­ern­ment intro­duced two new class­es of visa designed to incen­tivise for­eign invest­ment in Aus­tralia. High net…
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Employ­ment Law in Australia

Feb 18, 2013

Swaab employ­ment part­ner, Richard Ott­ley has been fea­tured on Cor​po​rate​liv​ewire​.com dis­cussing the legal com­pli­ance chal­lenges over­seas organ­i­sa­tions face when wish­ing…
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Employ­ee? Or not employ­ee? Why is it not clearer?

Feb 18, 2013

After 200 hun­dred years of legal deci­sions on the ques­tion of who is an employ­ee and who is a sub­con­trac­tor, the…
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Nation­al Trans­port & Logis­tics Reg­u­la­tion Becomes Real­i­ty. Is Your Sup­ply Chain Ready?

Feb 14, 2013

In Brief After years in the mak­ing, the estab­lish­ment in late Jan­u­ary of two new nation­al trans­port reg­u­la­tors rep­re­sents a crit­i­cal shift…
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Non Award Com­pli­ance Can Real­ly Cost Small Businesses

Feb 14, 2013

In Brief The Fed­er­al Mag­is­trates Court has issued a very clear warn­ing to small busi­ness­es to com­ply with the min­i­mum enti­tle­ments set…
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When is redun­dan­cy genuine?

Feb 13, 2013

In Brief Employ­ers who fail to observe the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the Act) require­ments relat­ing to redun­dan­cies can find…
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Down, down, prices are down … or are they?

Feb 13, 2013

In Brief Retail­ers must not mis­lead cus­tomers about the amount of mon­ey they are sav­ing dur­ing adver­tised sale periods. ACCC v Jew­ellery…
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