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Sensible changes proposed to the Australian taxation of ESS interests
Sensible changes have been proposed to the taxation of employee share schemes in the new tax legislation before parliament. ...
Workplace Relations
We look at a unions contravention of the general protection laws new legislation that will expand the powers of the federal building industry regulator the Fair Work Commissions ruling on urine testing and its implications for employers a Fair Work Commission ruling affirming reinstatement as the ...
Workplace Health & Safety Quarterly
We look at the circumstances surrounding the prosecution of a business for using hazardous chemicals the courts move to increase penalties for WHS breaches a new monetary threshold for principal contractor duties in Victoria and the growing use of enforceable undertakings as an alternative to ...
Term of mutual trust and confidence not implied into Australian employment contracts
A landmark High Court decision has determined that a term of mutual trust and confidence is not necessary and should not be implied at law into employment contracts in Australia Special Counsel Eleanor Jewell reports ...
A fait accompli: employee unfairly dismissed by labour-hire company
The Fair Work Commission has criticised a labour-hire company for dismissing a casual employee at the direction of a host company, without asking why ...
Allens appoints new workplace relations partner
Allens has promoted Veronica Siow to Partner in the firm's Workplace Relations practice. Ms Siow specialises in the employment and IR issues that arise in an acquisition, divestment or privatisatio ...
Allens advises Archer Capital on sale of Healthe Care
Allens has advised Archer Capital on its proposed divestment of private hospital business Healthe Care to China's Luye Medical Group. Healthe Care is Australia's third largest private hospital ...
Workplace relations
In this issue we look at recent important decisions concerning calculating payment of accrued leave on termination redundancy of senior executives the redundancy risk posed by attempts to forcibly relocate employees disaggregating lawful and unlawful reasons in adverse action termination claims and ...
Employment Law
This Insight considers recent developments in Employment Law. ...
Employment Law
In this issue we look at the Fair Work Ombudsmans decision to prosecute a sham contracting offence even after the employer had rectified the underpayments the enforceability of post-employment restraint of trade clauses how a new ABCC will look like after its journey through the Senate and the ...