The Fair Work Commission has criticised Komatsu Forklift Australia for fundamental failures of due process in its dismissal, via email, of a worker who had been absent due to mental ...
The Fair Work Commission has criticised Komatsu Forklift Australia for fundamental failures of due process in its dismissal, via email, of a worker who had been absent due to mental health issues.
In Wearne v State of Victoria [2017] VSC 25, the Supreme Court of Victoria highlighted the importance of a proactive response from employers who become aware of a specific risk of harm to an employee.
In Chalker v Murrays Australia Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCATAD 112, a bus and coach charter company was ordered to pay a job candidate $10,000 compensation for discriminating against him during the recruitment process on the basis of his mental illness.
For an employer, managing employees who are experiencing a mental health condition in the workplace can be challenging.
As those in the transport and logistics industry would know, changes to the chain of responsibility provisions in the Heavy Vehicle National Law are due to commence on 1 July 2018.
On 1 May 2018, the Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 was introduced in the Queensland Parliament. If passed, the Bill will significantly enlarge the investigative and enforcement powers of authorised officers under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). Queensland is the host jurisdiction for the
A debtor company will often seek to set aside a creditor’s statutory demand on the basis that there is a genuine dispute as to the existence or amount of the alleged debt claimed by the creditor, the debtor company has an off-setting claim against the creditor (or both), that reduces
Fairmont Group Pty Ltd sought declarations about its right to clear land identified as ‘Category X’ under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (Qld) (VMA) (land that is not otherwise identified as containing any significant vegetation for the purposes of the VMA).
In an extraordinary decision with wide-ranging impacts, the Planning and Environment Court has determined that a development approval may be required to clear Category X land, notwithstanding that it is “’exempt clearing work” ‘ under the Planning Regulation 2017 (Regulation).
The Queensland Government has recently begun the community engagement stage of preparing the Solar Farm Guidelines, which it hopes to finalise in the second half of 2018.
Commonly, a creditor being sued by a liquidator to refund an alleged unfair preference is owed money by the company in liquidation.
As those in the transport and logistics industry would know, changes to the chain of responsibility provisions in the Heavy Vehicle National Law are due to commence on 1 July 2018.
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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