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Allens advises GI Partners on acquisition of Cell Care
Allens has advised US private equity firm GI Partners and its portfolio company, Generate Life Sciences (Generate), on Generate's acquisition of Cell Care, Australia's leading cord blood and tissue bank. ...
Allens advises QAF on Rivalea sale
The sale includes 100 per cent of Rivalea Holdings Pty Ltd and 100 per cent of Oxdale Dairy Enterprise Pty Ltd, the combined group being an integrated pork producer in Australia with feed mills, pi ...
Allens advises on Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport Terminal deal
Allens has advised Multiplex on its successful bid to deliver the passenger terminal for the $5.3 billion Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport. ...
FWC upholds mandatory jab again
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has handed down two further decisions upholding the dismissal of employees in the aged care industry after they refused to comply with mandatory influenza vaccination directions. ...
Australian and Dutch courts find climate-related duties of care in Sharma and Shell
Two groundbreaking climate change-related court decisions in Australia and the Netherlands have shed light on the scope for claims based on duties to individuals to affect the emissions trajectories o ...
Poster beware: employers read social media posts too
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has decided the summary dismissal of Jasmine Besanko due to a social media post she made on Facebook regarding a competitor of her employer was unfair. ...
How should employers respond to psychological risk?
A recent decision of the County Court of Victoria highlights the complexities around management of psychological health and the scope of an employer's duty of care. ...
Recovering settlement amounts arising from misconduct of an employee and setting off against statutory entitlements
The Full Federal Court of Australia has decided that an employer could not only recover amounts paid to settle proceedings arising from the misconduct of a former CEO, but could also set off those amounts against the statutory entitlements that were owed to that individual upon their dismissal. ...
Current, emerging and future issues in Agribusiness
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has become increasingly active in the agriculture industry through market inquiries, codes of conduct, enforcement action and a push for the introduction of a new prohibition on unfair trading practices. ...
Pilot grounded after 65th birthday
A pilot successfully stopped Qantas from implementing its decision to terminate his employment after he lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) alleging age discrimination. ...