Privacy concerns have plagued the introduction of the COVIDSafe app (App). In response, strict privacy protections for users of the App have now been enshrined in law via The Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contract Information) Act 2020 (the Act) which introduces...
The closure of both domestic and international borders has lead to many travellers attempting to claim their travel insurance. With the recent deluge of claims bringing travel insurance into focus, we would like to discuss some of the key clauses that you need to be...
As counterintuitive as it seems, time and time again we see disputes before the courts concerning the very clauses that were supposed to assist the parties avoid being there in the first place – the dispute resolution clauses that are most often found at the back of...
Commercial Tenancies On 7 April 2020 the National Cabinet announced a new Code of Conduct (“Code”) to be legislated by the State and Territory governments in an effort to relieve pressure on retail, commercial and industrial tenants during the Coronavirus (“COVID-19”)...
The nature in which the Coronavirus has impacted Australian business has made the JobKeeper payment, a key component of the Federal Government’s business support package, highly desirable to Australian business owners. The payment provides a $1,500.00 per fortnight,...
We go to the polls on the weekend. Much has been said about Labor’s agenda for industrial relations and the union movement’s push to “change the rules”. We examine five proposed changes by Labor which we consider will have the most impact on employers in the field of...
We are excited to announce that ClarkeKann Property & Projects Partner Steven Cardell has been recognised in the 2019 Doyle’s Guide to Australia’s best legal firms and lawyers, in the following categories: Leading Health & Aged Care Lawyers – Queensland, 2019...
We are excited to announce that the efforts and achievements of our Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety Partner Murray Procter have been recognised in the 2019 Doyle’s Guide to Australia’s best legal firms and lawyers, in the following categories: Recommended...
By Chris Kintis and Anastasia Stomo Restraint of trade clauses are often found in employment contracts and Australian businesses are increasingly choosing to use restraint clauses in contracts between commercial entities. When used in this form, however, they serve to...
By Murray Procter and Ashlee Miller Around one-third of all employees in the Australian labour market are covered by enterprise agreements.1 Enterprise bargaining is a central feature of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act), and is regulated by Part 2-4. The objects...
By Murray Procter and Ben Keenan Are you an employer in an office-based, “low risk” industry? Does your first aid kit consist of a few bandaids and paracetamol for the occasional paper cut or headache? Is work health and safety near the bottom of a long list of...
By Murray Procter and Ashlee Miller In 2002, the Australian Government Productivity Commission estimated there were approximately 270,000 people employed through labour hire, which was the equivalent to about 2.9 per cent of all employed persons.1 Today, labour hire...