The Full Court of the Federal Court has allowed a former senior swimming coach to pursue his six-year underpayment claim after a Court rejected that his superior qualifications excluded him ...
The Full Court of the Federal Court has allowed a former senior swimming coach to pursue his six-year underpayment claim after a Court rejected that his superior qualifications excluded him from award coverage.
A corporate wellbeing consultancy firm has been found jointly responsible, with an employer, for a poster that constituted sexual harassment in the workplace.
A ‘manifestly inadequate’ damages award has been overturned by the Industrial Court of Queensland and an employer ordered to pay nearly $160,000, in the highest general and aggravated damages award in Queensland…
Former executive officers of a corporation have been found not liable under certain provisions of Queensland’s Environmental Protection Act for harm caused by the corporation in circumstances where the harm came to fruition after their tenure.
What is ‘reasonable management action’ and how does it work in practice?
In the recent case of DA Staal Property Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia [2021] QSC 216, the Supreme Court held that the market rent determination by a valuer was invalid as it was inconsistent with the process prescribed by the lease.
There has been a lot of discussion about how non-arm’s length income (NALI) and non-arm’s length expenditure (NALE) apply to self-managed superannuation funds
The High Court has overturned a highly debated Full Federal Court decision that entitled long-term casuals to claim leave and pay entitlements reserved for permanent employees.
The story of Greensill’s capital gains is not a happy one. But there are important lessons for advisers acting for trusts that distribute capital gains to non-resident beneficiaries.
The Federal Court has recently confirmed that liquidators are able to assign their rights to examine people and to obtain the production of documents.
With Prime Minister Scott Morrison announcing that COVID-19 vaccinations will become mandatory for residential aged care workers, now is the perfect time for employers to start preparing.
As of 1 July 2021, the last of the recent reforms to the Defamation Act 2005 (Qld) came into effect, bringing Queensland’s defamation framework into line with the law in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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