Queensland has strengthened its child protection regime by introducing new provisions whereby it is an offence for any adult to fail to disclose information relating to a sexual offence committed against a child.
Queensland has strengthened its child protection regime by introducing new provisions whereby it is an offence for any adult to fail to disclose information relating to a sexual offence committed against a child.
The ATO has recently issued taxpayer alert TA 2021/2, which relates to arrangements where an Australian tax resident’s foreign income is disguised as gifts or loans from related offshore entities.
Director resignations are no longer effective if ASIC is not properly notified of the resignation within 28 days or if the resignation would leave the company with no directors.
In Giles v State of Queensland [2021] QCA 206, the Queensland Court of Appeal confirmed the District Court’s decision that the State was not negligent in its management and welfare checking of an injured worker during his attendance at a catastrophic fire.
An employee who was dismissed after refusing a task that he believed would expose him to a serious health and safety risk has been awarded compensation.
An employee claimed that he developed white finger syndrome during the course of his employment, which was caused by the significant vibrations he experienced while driving a loader. After hearing considerable medical evidence, the Court awarded the employee almost $1.5 million in damages.
An employee of a luxury jewellery and watch retailer who was repeatedly bullied, intimidated and victimised by her team leader, has successfully obtained a stop bullying order.
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.