Capital Brief: Disconnect Discord

The Right to Disconnect law came into effect in August inevitably brought questions to the legal industry, particularly the implications on law firms.

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A Failure to Consult: The Fair Work Commission...

Making logical changes to workplace processes should be simple and straight forward. However, a recent decision of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) confirms that employers still need to make sure they follow the additional step of proper employee consultation, or risk a poor outcome in the Commission. This means managers need to ensure employees' feedback has not only been sought, but also be able to demonstrate how employee feedback has influenced the process and been accounted for in the final outcome(s).

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Recklessness Revisited

The Courts are mindful that a liability insurance policy must have business efficacy, however, there are limits, and recklessness that goes beyond mere negligence is often sought to be excluded via policy terms and conditions.

Paul Hendriks
23 Jan 2017

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Australian High Court in Landmark Ruling on Attempted Price Fixing Between Travel Agent and Airlines

The Australian High Court recently upheld an appeal by the Australian competition regulator (“the ACCC”) that a travel agent Flight Centre (“Flight Centre”) engaged in attempted price fixing in contravention of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (“TPA”) now the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (“CCA”) when it attempted to prevent several airlines from undercutting it on airfare prices. The High Court decision was a majority decision of 4:1.

22 Dec 2016

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Risky business of sham contracting

While some employers have escaped paying employee entitlements by using triangular contracting arrangements, the law has now been tightened and employers need to be aware of the heavy punishments available if they breach the provisions of the Fair Work Act.

11 Sep 2016

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Pay late, pay more

On 27 July 2016, the High Court handed down its decision Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, concluding a six year long legal dispute concerning the legitimacy of late payment fees of up to $35 charged by ANZ Bank.

Chris Moore
27 Jul 2016

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