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Safe Work Month - Worker falls 6.5 metres and employer is fined $135,000

By Kylie Maxwell on Oct 5, 2022 11:50:15 AM

When you are thinking about National Safe Work Month this October 2022, it’s worth remembering that safety accidents can really happen to anyone. It’s not just the big end of town with hundreds of employees carrying out dangerous work, it’s also your local plumbing and gas fitting business.

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What is the biggest risk to a business? People

By James Frank on Jul 22, 2020 2:11:24 PM

How important are your employees?

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5 Reasons You Need a Shareholders' Agreement

By Andrea Harrold on Feb 21, 2020 10:03:02 AM

If a company has more than one shareholder it should have a shareholders’ agreement in place.

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The global market: no longer a choice

By Philip van den Heever on Dec 13, 2019 11:09:06 AM

Michael R Czinkota, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce in the United States Department of Commerce said this:

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When can a corporation be held criminally responsible?

By Andrea Harrold on Dec 10, 2019 1:11:13 PM

On 15 November 2019 the Australian Law Reform Commission released a Discussion Paper into Corporate Criminal Responsibility.

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Firing the 'Unfireable': How to dismiss someone and not get sued

By Philip van den Heever on Sep 23, 2019 2:52:23 PM

Last week Frank Law presented a seminar entitled: Firing the ‘Unfireable’: How to dismiss someone and not get sued.

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Age Discrimination or Inherent Requirements?

By Philip van den Heever on Sep 10, 2019 11:22:34 AM

Compulsory retirement is when an employer forces an employee into retirement by either;

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Major changes to sick leave accrual system

By Philip van den Heever on Aug 21, 2019 4:47:27 PM

In the decision of Mondalez v AMWU [2019] FCAFC 138 handed down 21st August 2019, the Court has fundamentally changed the way many Australian employees are entitled to accrue sick leave. 

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Are you playing by the new rules?

By James Frank on Aug 20, 2019 9:14:47 AM

James Frank recently spoke at a Sydney Hills Business lunch on how the Internet has changed the business game. The following article is a summary of what he spoke about.

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5 Myths About Voluntary Administration

By James Frank on Jul 31, 2019 10:48:54 AM

Whenever we speak to clients about why their business is struggling and explore restructuring options we continually hear common myths about the Voluntary Administration (VA) process. We have detailed the 5 key myths below:

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