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On 22 June 2020, the Full Bench (Chief Commissioner Constant, Commissioner Murphy and Commissioner Sloan) of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) handed down its decision on the threshold question...
The Federal Circuit Court dismissed an application made by the Health Services Union against Healthscope Operations, which alleged that Healthscope had breached consultation obligations under its enterprise agreement when it...
The Family Law Rules 2004 (Cth) (Rules) provide that parties involved in family law proceedings in Australia for a division of marital or de facto assets have an ongoing duty...
The Australian Government has made some temporary changes to director and holding company liability during the COVID-19 period. Though the relief is welcomed by business owners, the changes may serve...
A Full Court of the Federal Court recently held in Workpac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84 that an employee who was employed as a casual is entitled to...
Whether companies are liable for third-party posts on their Facebook page has become only marginally clearer following the much-anticipated decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal in the...
A Full Court of the Federal Court has determined that an employee who was employed as a casual is entitled to back pay for annual leave, personal/carer's leave, compassionate leave...
Insurers were successful in avoiding a professional indemnity policy on the basis of the insured's fraudulent misrepresentation and non-disclosure in the recent case of Esined No. 9 Pty Limited v...
On 13 May 2020 the Fair Work Commission (FWC) published one of the first, of what is bound to be many, rulings in the JobKeeper dispute jurisdiction. In that decision,...
The question of whether employees are entitled to access their accrued sick leave during stand down has been (at least initially) determined by Justice Flick of the Federal Court of...
A certifier recently lost his appeal in the ACT's Court of Appeal over a claim by an owner in relation to building defects. The Court found that he was responsible...
A year ago, the Neo200 building was engulfed in flames. One year on, the building's fire engineer, Bruce Thomas, has failed in his bid to side-step disciplinary proceedings brought against...
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