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CDR: What's next?
The release of the exposure draft of the CDR legislation marks the start of a tight turnaround in order for the legislation to be passed in March 2019 particularly as the details and associated instruments have yet to be released The CDR regime has been advertised as producing a wide range of ...
Does casuals' service count for redundancy pay purposes?
A Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has again considered the issue of whether prior service as a casual or seasonal worker counts as service when calculating redundancy pay, and found that such prior service need not be recognised. ...
The Workpac decision – are your casuals really casual?
The Full Federal Court in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Skene [2018] recently decided that a casual fly-in fly-out labour hire worker was not really a casual and was therefore entitled to annual leave. ...
You asked, they listened (mostly) - Treasury's proposed revisions to the Consumer Data Right Bill
On 24 September Treasury released for public consultation its revised version of the exposure draft legislation that will give effect to the new Consumer Data Right CDR in Australia Reflecting feedback from public consultation on the first tranche of draft legislation that was released on 15 August ...
A global snapshot of data breach class actions
While we are yet to see a successful data breach class action in Australia, data breach class actions have become all too real for many major companies overseas ...
Competing class actions - no 'one size fits all' solution
The Full Federal Court has held that when the court is faced with multiple competing class actions in relation to the same issue it can choose one to proceed and stay the others In doing so it said that there is no one size fits all solution to the problem of competing class actions and that ...
ASIC's proposed market integrity rules for technological and operational resilience could impose far-reaching obligations
The COAG Energy Council Hydrogen Working Group continues its work on the National Hydrogen Strategy, with the release of its issues papers series. The nine papers are a fascinating look at the breadth, depth and interwoven nature of the issues facing hydrogen. ...
Australian investor wins big at ICSID
At ICSID, Australian's investor wins big. ...
Revised Banking Code of Practice, innovation at the ASX and other corporate law developments
Revised Banking Code of Practice; innovation at the ASX; and other corporate law developments. ...
ACCC calls for significant reforms in Digital Platforms Inquiry Final Report - Part 1 of Allens' two-part series
The Federal Government has released the ACCC's Final Report from its Digital Platforms Inquiry, with significant and wide-ranging implications across competition, consumer protection, copyright and privacy issues. ...