FARM SUCCESSION PLANNING CHECKLIST Succession planning for a farm is crucial for ensuring the smooth transition of ownership and management to the next generation or successor. Here’s a...
UPDATE: The information in this article has been superseded by amendments to the legislation since publication. You can find our more recent article on this subject here. States and territories...
If restraints of trade are designed to stop employees from working for a competitor, why do they so often fail in Court? The simple answer is that many employers use generic restraints that fail...
When was the last time you checked the award rate for your employees? For one employer, a review of its pay practices revealed it owed almost $4.8 million to employees for underpaid overtime...
On 8 July 2014, after yet another disagreement with his employer, Mr Thomas Concannon walked out of work at Portland District Health (PDH). He later filed an unfair dismissal claim with the Fair...
Employers beware; not just employees might be bound by company policies! This month, in James v The Royal Bank of Scotland NSWSC 243 the New South Wales Supreme Court found that a redundancy...
Ever had an interpersonal employee conflict that doesn’t end? Where two people despise each other and no matter how you try to resolve the issue they refuse to get along? In a recent...