Category: Employment Law
Early Super Access! How to Exercise your Rights during COVID-19
Needing early super access? You're not alone. In the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has allowed early access to superannuation funds for a certain group of people...
VIEW MOREHow To Face Employment Agreements During Harsh Economic Conditions
Most adults, at one point or another, are faced with a form of an employment contract. For some, it is presenting an employment agreement to a potential staff member, and...
VIEW MOREWhat 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...
VIEW MOREWhat 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...
VIEW MOREWas 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...
VIEW MORETop Reasons Why You Should Setup a Company
When you go into business, you have the option of either being a sole trader or entering into a business partnership. There is also the option of starting up a...
VIEW MORENew laws and changes that affect Australia from January 1, 2018 and beyond
From January 1, new laws in Australia, there is a raft of changes coming to welfare, health, education, housing, gay marriage, and many other living expenses. This is what’s coming...
VIEW MOREAdditional 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...
VIEW MOREAre 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...
VIEW MOREWhat 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...
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