The Scab Sign Incident

Jan 9, 2013

In Brief On 7 Novem­ber 2012 Jus­tice Jes­sup of the Fed­er­al Court of Aus­tralia gave his judg­ment in Con­struc­tion, Forestry, Min­ing and…
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Fed­er­al Anti Dis­crim­i­na­tion Leg­is­la­tion Harmonised

Jan 9, 2013

In Brief The Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment recent­ly released an expo­sure draft of its pro­posed Human Rights and Anti-Dis­crim­i­na­tion Bill 2012 (the Bill)…
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Ad reg­u­la­tor deter­mines that social media cam­paigns must com­ply with ad requirements

Nov 19, 2012

In brief The Adver­tis­ing Stan­dards Bureau, the adver­tis­ing reg­u­la­tor, has found that the VB Face­book pages are adver­tise­ments and sub­ject…
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New Zealand signs up to inter­na­tion­al treaty mak­ing trade mark pro­tec­tion easier

Nov 16, 2012

In Brief An impor­tant new devel­op­ment for trade mark pro­tec­tion in New Zealand comes into effect on 1 Decem­ber 2012. We…
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Watch­ing the footy from the cloud

Nov 16, 2012

Optus TV Now – Fed­er­al Court Copy­right Judg­ment Stands In brief Optus’ footy wars over its ​‘TV Now’ ser­vice have been brought…
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New Work­place Laws — Fair Work Amend­ment Bill 2012 

Nov 16, 2012

In Brief After being recent­ly passed by the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, the Fair Work Amend­ment Bill 2012 is cur­rent­ly being con­sid­ered…
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Sur­veil­lance in the Workplace

Nov 16, 2012

In Brief New South Wales is one of the few Aus­tralian states which has ded­i­cat­ed leg­is­la­tion address­ing sur­veil­lance in the work­place…
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Pay­ment for Stand­ing By 

Oct 23, 2012

In Brief Many indus­tri­al awards pro­vide that employ­ees are enti­tled to pay­ment for ​“stand­ing by” – ie peri­ods of time where…
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Stra­ta and Com­mu­ni­ty Title Reform in NSW

Oct 17, 2012

The NSW Gov­ern­ment has released a dis­cus­sion paper and has sought feed­back and com­ments regard­ing pro­posed reform to the stra­ta and…
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When Com­peti­tors Steal Staff There Are Legal Consequences

Oct 17, 2012

In Brief A com­peti­tor can be made to pay when they poach employ­ees and then har­vest con­fi­den­tial infor­ma­tion those employ­ees have. In the…
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