Do Your Casual Employees Have the Right to Convert to Permanent Employment?
Currently there are a number of modern awards which include a casual conversion clause which broadly provides employees with the right to convert to permanent employment if employed on a regular and systematic basis, for [...]
Assignment of a Lease: When Can a Landlord Refuse to Consent?
We are often approached by landlord clients who are faced with the following tricky decision: Should I consent to a lease assignment (transfer) at my commercial property in circumstances where the proposed new tenant has [...]
Manufacturers and consumer rights
Are you a manufacturer? Do you communicate with consumers of your products? If you are a manufacturer, it is important that the representations made to consumers align with the Australian Consumer Law. Communications, and sometimes even [...]
Think you’re safe because you’re b2b? Well read on it’s time to review your T&C’s!
The November 2016 amendments to the Australian Consumer Law (which extended the prohibition on ‘unfair terms' to contracts with small businesses) are starting to bite. Enforcement action by the ACCC since the amendments were introduced [...]
Announcement: Rankin drops the ‘& Co.’
Those that know Rankin & Co., know that we don’t follow convention. We interrogate it. If we cannot justify a process on first principles, we scrap it. That’s why we’ve done away with a traditional [...]
Virtual firm Rankin & Co.’s growth continues with expansion into Brisbane
Virtual law firm, Rankin & Co, has grown by over 100% since April 2017. Staff now number 16 and revenue has pushed beyond $3M. Brisbane, workplace relations expert, Steve Gifford is the latest addition to [...]
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