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1806, 2024

National Unfair Contract Terms Regime Update

By |June 18th, 2024|Categories: Contracts|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on National Unfair Contract Terms Regime Update

National unfair contract terms (UCT) regime came into operation in 2010 which rendered void unfair terms in standard form consumer contracts. Further reforms were introduced in November 2023 which made such UCT’s void, but also [...]

406, 2024

Independent Contractor or Employee? We’ve come full circle

By |June 4th, 2024|Categories: Employment Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Independent Contractor or Employee? We’ve come full circle

Prior to 2022, the test of whether a person was considered to be an independent contractor or employee was based on applying a multi-factorial test (‘MFT’).  The MFT looked at the substance of the relationship [...]

406, 2024

Employment Law Alert: Fair Work raises minimum wage – is your business ready?

By |June 4th, 2024|Categories: Employment Law|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Employment Law Alert: Fair Work raises minimum wage – is your business ready?

What’s the increase? As of 1 July 2024, the hourly minimum rate of pay will be raised by 3.75%. That is: An increase from $23.23 an hour to $24.10; or Approximately an increase of $33 [...]

204, 2024

Why Companies also need Shareholders Agreements

By |April 2nd, 2024|Categories: Contracts|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Why Companies also need Shareholders Agreements

It is both good practice and prudent risk management to prepare and use a shareholders agreement for shareholders in proprietary limited companies. They can operate as a “rule book” for shareholders and also separate their [...]

2702, 2024

Can an employee ghost your messages? Now they can!

By |February 27th, 2024|Categories: Employment Law|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Can an employee ghost your messages? Now they can!

An employee’s right to disconnect from their workplace outside of hours is one of the workplace law changes being introduced as part of the Closing Loopholes Bill. These changes in relation to the employee’s right [...]

2911, 2023

“Tis the season…to be careful” | Considerations for employees

By |November 29th, 2023|Categories: employees, Employment Law|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on “Tis the season…to be careful” | Considerations for employees

As an employee, you should always be mindful of your interactions with co-workers and colleagues, in and out of work. There have been plenty of cases that have found that misconduct occurred to an employee’s behaviour [...]

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