Parents often expect their child’s school to enforce their parenting orders. Generally, schools are not required to comply with, or enforce, parenting orders. However, schools should be aware of the ...
Parents often expect their child’s school to enforce their parenting orders. Generally, schools are not required to comply with, or enforce, parenting orders. However, schools should be aware of the terms of such orders and when they may create certain obligations for staff.
In a timely reminder of the impact of student violence in the education sector and its very real cost to staff and educational institutions, the ACT Education Directorate has recently entered into a record undertaking with Worksafe ACT in relation to injuries suffered by staff.
Hong Kong-based company CK Infrastructure Group’s (CKI) $13 billion bid to buy Australian APA Group and its energy network has been rejected by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. The Foreign Investment Review Board failed to reach a unanimous ruling on the tender application but expressed concerns that the acquisition would give a
The High Court has found an employee of a bonded warehouse operator personally liable for the equivalent of the customs duty that would have been paid on stolen cigarettes. The decision illustrates that liability in respect of dutiable goods is not limited to the warehouse licence holder and may extend
The government has released draft legislation that provides more scope for contributions to superannuation once someone has turned 65. Generally, the trustee of a superannuation fund can only accept a contribution for someone who has turned 65 (and is under 75) if they satisfy the work test in the year
Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Anthony Lynham has announced the Queensland Government has opened up for exploration a further 6,600 square kilometres of land with coal seam gas potential. Tenders are open until 28 February 2019 for companies to bid on the right to explore the land in Southern
Over the last few years, courts have been called upon to consider whether the executor or administrator of a deceased estate can claim a superannuation death benefit for themselves, or whether they are conflicted from doing so.
The release of the recommendations from the Philip Ruddock led Review into Religious Freedom and the introduction of the Discrimination Free Schools Bill 2018 provide a timely reminder to Schools and other Educational Institutions to review their practices in relation to LGBTQI+ individuals.
A recent case, Betterlay Brick and Block Laying Pty Ltd v Williamson [2018] QDC 172, has provided a timely reminder about a PCBU’s ongoing obligations when attempting to delegate WHS responsibilities. The judge rejected the argument of Betterlay, a PCBU, that it was entitled to rely on a principal contractor
Discrimination and Disability remain an important point of discussion in our workplaces. In a rare ‘assumed disability’ discrimination case (Stefanac v Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2018] NSWCATD 106), a Tribunal has awarded $20,000 to a public servant forced to take sick leave over concerns about her enthusiasm
On 25 September 2018 the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission handed down a Flexible Work Decision that proposes to insert a model work flexibility clause that will supplement the current legislation and likely expand an employer’s obligations when considering requests for flexible working arrangements.
The Fair Work Commission has held that the dismissal of an employee for providing false and misleading information during the recruitment process was not unfair, despite procedural failings by the employer.
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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