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Workplace Meme Culture: Satire Not Grounds for Dismissal says FWC

The internet has been an area of controversy in employment law for a number of years. Many late-night rants and political outbursts have been the subject of unfair dismissal proceedings. What we post on social media can easily be viewed by our employers. It often has a direct bearing on our employment when content is …
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Doors open to casual worker leave entitlements following landmark court ruling

Recently, the Federal Court handed down its highly-anticipated employment decision in WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84. The decision concerned an employee of the labour-hire company known as WorkPac. The employee had been employed by WorkPac through a number of consecutive casual employment agreements for mining projects in Queensland. The employee entered into …
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Director Identification Numbers Bill has passed

All company directors will soon be required to apply to ASIC to obtain their own unique Director Identification Number (DIN). The Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill (the Amendment), part of the Government’s legislative package to introduce the Commonwealth Registers Act, has now passed both houses of parliament. Pending royal assent, it …
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Informal Wills

The recent case of In the Estate of Jansen [2020] ACTSC 130 (26 May 2020) underscores the importance of obtaining legal advice in relation to the proper execution of Wills. In this case, a document in the conventional form of a Will did not meet the formal requirements of the Wills Act 1968 (ACT) (Wills …
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