Resources

The Domestic Violence – Victims’ Protection Act 2018 (“the Act”) came into force on 1 April 2019. Its core purpose is to provide specific legal protections for victims of family violence, and importantly, to support them to stay in paid employment.

Fidelity is an implied term in every employment agreement and this guide provides information on what fidelity is and what happens when it is breached.

A guide to the legislative framework and what you need to consider when setting up first aid training, equipment and facilities in the workplace.

Use this guide to understand when a fixed term employment agreement can be legally used, in what circumstances are using fixed term agreements prohibited and ow to correctly create a legitimate fixed term employment agreement.

This guide covers the legislative requirements when an employee requests a variation of their working arrangement.

This guide provides an overview of the doctrine of frustration where a supervening event renders performance of a contract impossible.

This guide provides an understanding of the procedural requirements in regards to settlements both in and out of the Court.

This guide reveals some of the issues with gifts and provides some suggestions for how an employer might resolve these issues.

This guide sets out where the term good faith appears in legislation that is directly relevant to employment and provides some useful insight into what “good faith” means in those contexts.

Our plain language guide to navigating issues surrounding harassment and bullying in the workplace. This guide sets out a sample process and highlights issues to consider when tackling bullying or harassment complaints.

What your obligations are to manage hazards and risks to health and safety and how they apply to your business.

Our guide if a complaint needs to be made to the Health and Disability Commissioner in regards of protecting the rights of health consumers and disability services consumers.

Use this guide to understand key changes to health and safety at work under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Our premier guide explains employee minimum entitlements in regard to annual holidays, public holidays, sick leave and bereavement leave.

Your policies and procedures should be linked to your employment agreements, and must take into account your obligations under the legislation that governs your employment relationships.

This guide provides an overview on discrimination, the Human Rights Commission and the Human Rights Tribunal.

Our premier guide to understanding how the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 works and how to avoid becoming liable for your employees activities.

Use this guide to understand your legal obligations if you wish to employ people from overseas.

This guide addresses what an employer’s obligations are when faced with an employee’s incapacity and how the situation should be managed.

This guide provides some indication of what incompatibility means, when and how the term should be used, and what your obligations are in managing an instance of it.