Dynamic Business: Tips for Setting Up a...

In a recent Dynamic Business article, Hicksons’ Partner, Adam Henderson provides tips on setting up a new business.

Industrial Manslaughter – A New Offence for...

A new offence and serious penalties are now in action across NSW for PCBUs (employers, businesses and the like) and officers (including directors and some senior executives) whose actions or inactions lead to the death of a worker. Although there are no specific new WHS obligations to be aware of, there are new consequences. It is now more important than ever for organisations and senior executives to educate themselves on their obligations under WHS legislation.

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Lawyers Weekly: Will The Right To Disconnect...

“Understanding what is considered ‘reasonable’ and ‘unreasonable’ for out-of-hours contact in the workplace is a theoretical issue at this point in time.”

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Employment law update sees significant changes to the workplace - The Secure Jobs Better Pay Act 2022

As all employers in Australia know, our workplace laws are complicated and regularly change, often without notice. A change of government inevitably sees a transformation in the industrial relations landscape, impacting how businesses employ and manage their staff. As such, we have now seen yet another post-election employment law change, with the passing of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Act). This amends the Fair Work Act 2009 and brings some huge changes to Australian workplace law. We have outlined some of the key changes impacting businesses below.

Warwick Ryan
23 Dec 2022

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That doesn’t look like Cabinet information to me

Arguing that a document is Cabinet information is not enough to have the document prohibited from disclosure, under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.

John Kell
28 Aug 2018

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Unfair Contract Terms

From 12 November 2016, the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015 will extend existing protection from unfair terms under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and the Australian Securities Investment Commission Act 2001 to small businesses that enter into (or renew, or vary) small business contracts that are standard form contracts.

John Kell
10 Nov 2016

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