The JobKeeper scheme has been extended to 28 March 2021 at reduced rates and with other changes to the available flexibilities for employers.
We have set out some of the steps you can take to become informed of your financial circumstances so that you can confidently negotiate your property settlement.
The recent case of Re SB; Ex Parte AC [2020] QSC 139, has confirmed that the decision to make a binding death benefit nomination is a financial matter and therefore can be made for a person by their administrator (or attorney).
Confused about paying overtime to casuals? A recent Fair Work Commission decision gives clarity to employers about how overtime should be paid to casuals under each award.
A Fair Work Information Statement must be provided to each new employee under the National Employment Standards. Are you using the correct document, which was updated on 13 August following the Mondelez decision?
Schools are not required to comply with or enforce parenting orders.
Social media fundraisers can be useful fundraising tools for schools and other organisations. However, as comedian Celeste Barber (and the whole world) recently found out, they can also result in an array of unintended complications.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organisations are considering whether they can hold general meetings using technology, or if they need to instead delay upcoming meetings.
Social media alert after the president of a school’s parents and citizens association set up a petition that led to a lawsuit for defamation.
Schools need to ensure they comply with their own policies and procedure after two teachers’ lack of supervision of a school soccer game came close to resulting in a $500,000 payout.
Whether a school should be held vicariously liable for the actions of a staff member is ultimately a question of fact to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
If you are the inheriting spouse, we’ve got some bad news: your inheritance is not in a protected class of assets that will be automatically quarantined from the property pool when you separate, unless you’ve made a financial agreement.
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.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.