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Independent Umpires, Merits-Based Applications and the Disutility of Sunday Work– A Guide to the Penalty Rates Decision

On 23 February 2017, the Fair Work Commission handed down its decision on applications by employer organisations to reduce Sunday and public holiday penalty rates in six modern awards in the hospitality and retail indust ...

An update on the proposed changes to paid parental leave in Australia

On 8 February 2017, the Government introduced legislation into the Federal Parliament which proposes changes to the national paid parental leave scheme. This is the Government’s third attempt in recent years to impleme ...

Australia: ‘Unfair Contracts’ – How will the new law affect your Business?

The Australian Consumer Law contained within the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (ACL) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (ASIC Act) provide protection to consumers fr ...

Where are we going? New media, technology and the law.

How are law firms using new media? For a number of years now, law firms have employed new media to market themselves to existing clients, reach out to new ones, and recruit new talent. Facebook pages, LinkedIn profile ...

Australia Federal Court finds against APVMA on confidential commercial information

In a much anticipated decision, the Federal Court last week found in favour of a manufacturer of generic veterinary products in its action against the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). Par ...

Are your employees better off overall?

Penny Brooke, Senior Associate, considers the refusal of the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission to approve the Coles Store Team Enterprise Agreement 2014-17 after Coles failed to prove that employees were better off ...

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