Category: Employment Law

CASUAL WORKERS: How The Australian Federal Court Shake Up Of The Labor Law Tree May Affect You

This article aims to shed some light on the very recent labor law case decided by the Federal Court in relation to casual employees and casual workers. It is a...

By Aylward Game May 28, 2020 Courts

How To Face Employment Agreements During Harsh Economic Conditions

Most adults, at one point or another, are faced with a form of an employment agreement. For some, it is presenting an employment agreement to a potential staff member, and...

By Aylward Game Mar 31, 2020 Articles

What Every Employee Needs To Know About Unfair Dismissal

There are many versions of what people may conceive as “unfair dismissal”, or commonly known as unfairly being fired from their job, depending on what side of the fence they...

By Aylward Game Mar 29, 2020 Articles

What Every Business Manager Needs To Know About Unfair Dismissal

UNFAIR DISMISSAL? A term slung around very often. But what do employers need to know, and probably don't? A useful statement from a senior Judge of the employment court in...

By Aylward Game Mar 27, 2020 Articles

Was Your Redundancy Genuine or Disingenuous? – An Employee’s Perspective

Got some bad news at work recently? Made redundant or sacked? Can you as an employee be made redundant, and in what circumstances? What is Redundancy under the Fair Work...

By Aylward Game Mar 27, 2020 Articles

Top Reasons Why You Should Setup a Company

When you go into business, you have the options of either being a sole trader or entering into a business partnership. There is also the option of starting up a...

By Aylward Game Jul 5, 2018 Articles

New laws and changes that affect Australia from January 1, 2018 and beyond

From January 1, there is a raft of changes coming to welfare, health, education, housing, gay marriage and many other living expenses. This is what’s coming and how it may...

By Aylward Game Jan 10, 2018 Articles

Additional Foreign Acquirer Duty

In the 2016 Queensland State Budget the Treasurer announced an intention to amend the Duties Act 2001 (QLD) to introduce additional transfer duty to foreign acquirers, to be known as...

By Aylward Game Oct 3, 2016 Employment Law

Are the Legal Services Commission (LSC) taking you to QCAT?

SELF REPRESENTATION A lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client. An important part of the procedure at QCAT is enshrined in section 32 of the Queensland Civil...

By Aylward Game Sep 5, 2016 Courts

What Are The Responsibilities And Entitlements During A Probationary Period?

The concept of a ‘trial period’ or more colloquially “try before you buy” has been accepted as part of the responsibilities and entitlements for some time and has become more...

By Aylward Game May 14, 2016 Employment Law