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Allens bolsters employment and safety practice with IR specialist
News 20 Nov 2023

Sonia joins Allens from Qantas where she was responsible for developing and managing all aspects of Qantas Group's industrial relations portfolio. 'We are pleased to welcome Sonia to the team. She ...

Amendments to the Designs Act: grace yourselves
Insight 28 Oct 2021

Now is the time to review your organisation's strategy for registering and filing designs after the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Act 2021 (Cth) (the Amending Act) received Royal Assent on 10 September 2021. ...

Seeking certainty during the energy transition
Insight 11 Oct 2021

There are several recommendations aimed at ensuring readiness for the retirement of ageing thermal generation in the Final Advice on the Post 2025 Market Design of the National Electricity Market (the NEM). In this Insight, we analyse two of the most important, and imminent, reforms. ...

In Touch: Multiple Federal Court rulings on unconscionable conduct and false and misleading representations; and other developments
Insight 13 Jul 2021

Brownes Dairy's non-compliance with Dairy Code; Captain Cook College acted unconscionably; Nine Entertainment Co pays penalties; proposed ACCC authorisation of Country Press Australia collective bargaining agreement; Federal Court orders $1.2 million penalty on Sumo; and Geowash appeal dismissed ...

Allens advises on Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport Terminal deal
News 04 Jun 2021

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. ...

Repurposing existing medicines – industry to have its say in reshaping Australia's regulatory future
Insight 25 Mar 2021

The Therapeutics Goods Administration (the TGA) is consulting with the public and industry to potentially reform regulatory and reimbursement frameworks, to incentivise the repurposing of existing medicines. Off-label use (where a medicine is used for a disease or medical condition for which it does ...

Private parties in the UN – a new remedy ecosystem for alleged human rights and environmental impacts
Insight 15 Sep 2020

Recent complaints show how NGOs and civil society groups are using UN-level human rights grievance mechanisms as a growing part of their toolkit to influence corporate behaviour and seek remedy for allegedly affected parties. ...

Vietnam's Amended Law on Enterprises – top 10 changes you need to know
Insight 04 Aug 2020

Vietnam's amended Law on Enterprises introduces various welcome changes and clarifies a number of issues under the Current LOE with the aim of creating a more transparent environment and streamlined process. We look at the 10 key changes and their implications for businesses. ...

Unilaterally reducing an employee's hours may create a redundancy pay liability
Insight 08 Jul 2020

If you propose to significantly reduce an employee's hours of work, you should carefully take this decision into account. If the same circumstances exist, the employee may be entitled to a redundancy payment, even though the employee remains employed by the same employer. ...

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