Employers’ rights and obligations when determining fitness for work

Sometimes an employer may become concerned that an employee is physically unable to safely perform the requirements of their role, or

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December 12, 2017


Don’t jump the gun – Premature Security of Payment Act claims are invalid

A recent decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal has clarified that: payment claims under the Building and Construction

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December 12, 2017


Insurance Update – December 2017

Collins v Staminirovitch [2017] VSCA 342 ________________ First instance The plaintiff was injured in a motor vehicle collision on 30

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December 6, 2017


Employment & Safety – Tips and Trends: Edition 33

EMPLOYMENT Prison worker’s discrimination debacle – A recent decision has highlighted the consequences an employer may face in not

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November 27, 2017


Insurance Litigation: Commentaries Update

This edition includes: Tribunal decision – whole person impairment assessment for a psychiatric injury Amendments to the Workers

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November 23, 2017


General protections update: developments in adverse action

The Fair Work Act provides a number of important ‘general protections’, including a prohibition on taking ‘adverse action’ against a

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November 15, 2017


Use of a competitor’s trade mark as a meta tag

Meta tags are lines of code embedded in web pages containing keywords. These keywords are used by search engines such as Google, Yahoo!

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November 15, 2017


Communication is key to maintaining employment relationships – but do your managers know how to?

It is commonly accepted that employees don’t leave organisations – they leave managers.  Recent case law has also highlighted the need

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November 15, 2017


Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme – the clock is ticking

The new Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme (Scheme) under the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 (Cth) (Act) takes

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November 15, 2017


Employment & Safety – Tips and Trends: Edition 32

EMPLOYMENT Accessorial liability on the menu – In May 2016, Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James spoke about the increasing focus on

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November 14, 2017


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