by JFM Team | Mar 9, 2022
Workplace disputes often centre on whether someone is an employee or an independent contractor. What is the difference and why does it matter? Participants in the workforce do so in two ways as an employee or an independent contractor. Whether the law sees you as an...
by JFM Team | Nov 5, 2021
Many of our business-owning clients, especially farmers, employ family members (sometimes in-laws) to work in their business at one stage or another. In some cases, these ‘family-member’ employees can remain in the business for extended periods of time and come to...
by JFM Team | Sep 24, 2021
Background For an employer, being able to correctly identify an employee as a casual employee or a permanent part-time employee is important because permanent employees have a right to leave entitlements and access to unfair dismissal laws and redundancy payments. By...
by JFM Team | Sep 8, 2021
In January 2020, Andreyev Lawyers and JFM Law merged two long established firms with different cultures and ways of doing things. As it transpired, successfully integrating our practices was not the only challenge we faced, since 2020/2021 found us and the rest of the...
by JFM Team | Aug 26, 2021
Maintaining legal professional privilege and investigation reports Workplace investigations are required in most workplaces especially in circumstances where an allegation of misconduct has been made against an employee. Conducting a workplace investigation can be a...
