Trade unions are lobbying for a national reform to workplace safety laws, to make it more stringent, following the death of a teenage apprentice in a scaffolding collapse in NSW on 1 April 2019. ...
From 1 December 2018, a new ‘model term’ in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) provided for increased entitlements for employees to generally request more generous flexible working arrangements.
The date has finally arrived. After years of review and consultation, the NSW government on 28 November 2018 passed the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Amendment Act 2018. ...
Following a landmark 2018 decision by the Fair Work Commission, long-term casual employees in general have gained additional rights to request that their employment be converted to permanent empl...
The recent Fair Work Commission appeal decision of Adam Miller (employee) v Urban Pedaler (employer) [2018] FWCFB 4166, has sent a powerful reminder to all employers when they decide to raise and...
In the recent case of Myers v Clark (2018) NSWSC 1029, the Court granted the wife’s request to sell two properties jointly owned by the divorced couple and ordered the appointment of trustees for...
