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Protecting Your Superannuation Package - what you need to do, and when
Insight 07 Mar 2019

Recently passed legislation part of a package of reforms designed to protect Australians superannuation savings from undue erosion by fees and insurance premiums introduces a series of important changes that will create challenging implementation timeframes for funds and administrators ...

Retailer Reliability Obligation in force soon
Insight 19 Mar 2019

This insight expolres key new design details and areas for consideration for the introduction of the Retail Reliability Obligation as the consultation on the draft National Electricity Rule changes designed to implement it is now open. ...

Review your IP arrangements: IP exemption from competition laws soon to be repealed
Insight 12 Mar 2019

Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA), which currently exempts conditional licensing or assignment of IP rights from most of the prohibitions on anti-competitive conduct in the CCA, will be repealed. ...

ASIC consultation on fees and costs disclosure reform following expert review
Insight 18 Mar 2019

Its been a long five years or so of amendments to and consultation on the fees and costs disclosure regime for superannuation and managed investments products And industry might be forgiven for feeling a sense of dj vu with the release earlier this year of ASICs consultation paper on the regime ...

Superannuation - 'not a product to be sold'?
Insight 18 Mar 2019

In his typically blunt way Commissioner Hayne declared Superannuation is not a product to be sold As Mr Hodge QC was fond of saying I would like to tease that out a little ...

ACCC releases draft Consumer Data Right Rules for consultation
Insight 15 Apr 2019

In preparation for the implementation of the first phase of the Consumer Data Right on 1 July 2019 the ACCC has released draft CDR Rules for consultation The draft rules detail how the CDR will function across all designated sectors in practice including how data is to be shared the criteria for ...

Coming on board with a criminal record
Insight 30 Apr 2019

The Australian Human Rights Commission decided that a New South Wales company discriminated against a prospective employee by rescinding an offer of employment after discovering her criminal record. ...

FWC inserts burdensome annualised wage clauses in modern awards
Insight 30 Apr 2019

The Fair Work Commission (the FWC) has decided that new annualised wages clauses will be inserted in 19 modern awards, impacting how employers administer annual salary arrangements for their award-covered employees. ...

Highly paid employee covered by modern award and protected from unfair dismissal
Insight 30 Apr 2019

A recent FWC decision is a reminder to employers that employees who earn more than the high income threshold can still be eligible to bring unfair dismissal claims if they are covered by a modern award. ...

Watch this space – FWC puts a question mark next to biometric scanner dismissal
Insight 30 Apr 2019

In a new and novel case for the Full Bench of the FWC, an employee was given permission to appeal after being dismissed for refusing to use a biometric scanner. ...

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