Bullet proofing against adverse action claims

…national conference on 24 and 25 October 2012, and made an application for unpaid leave to attend a union meeting on 29 August 2012. Following receipt of the resubmitted application

The Sharma Decision

…years of age, and ordinarily a resident of Australia, arising from emissions of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere.[3] The Plaintiff’s also sought an injunction to prevent the approval of…

Business Matters Newsletter – December 2015

…a tension between the competing interests of tenants and landlords, and a perception that there is always a winner and always a loser between them. In other jurisdictions, there may…

Protecting Vulnerable Workers – New Legislation Soon

…systems to ensure their compliance with their obligations under the FW Act and any relevant modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements, including (and, most importantly) their payroll procedures and record-keeping practices….

Protecting Vulnerable Workers – New Legislation Soon

…systems to ensure their compliance with their obligations under the FW Act and any relevant modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements, including (and, most importantly) their payroll procedures and record-keeping practices….

Is there a binding lease or agreement for lease?

…that the parties had a common intention that, despite normal expectation the agreement informally reached should be binding although its terms may later be amplified and embodied in a formal…

Personal Injuries and Intentional Torts

…by Section 3B(1)(a). An intentional tort claim relates to an intentional act or conduct by a person upon another and includes assault, battery and false imprisonment. Usually, damages are assessed…

Impairment Benefits

…a completely unknown phenomenon to them and explaining it clearly and adequately is often a challenging experience for people who have never been involved in the Victorian Workers’ Compensation scheme…

The Stolen Generations: A Struggle for Justice

…Conference, an official from Aboriginal Affairs and representatives from the Department of Family and Community Services and the Department of Education (which now has responsibility for Aboriginal Affairs) are present;…

A Tragic End to Overseas Trip

…first heard about the trip in March 2018. In April and May 2018, he attended presentations by a lady from World Challenge for students and their parents, giving information about…

The latest on school building funds

…as a school; the building must be used as a school by a qualifying body (a qualifying body includes charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and other…