by JFM Team | Apr 17, 2020
Ensuring the fire safety of buildings is now a prime focus for owners of strata title and company title buildings. In fact, some owners have a legal obligation under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000 to engage in a process that objectively...
by JFM Team | Apr 10, 2020
Just before the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the Australian economy, the Fair Work Commission made new rules for annualised wage arrangements. Despite the pandemic, as an employee who is paid an annualised wage (i.e. a fixed dollar amount, rather than an hourly...
by JFM Team | Apr 9, 2020
Apartments are often used by lot owners as an investment property and can be a good source of additional income. Australia has seen a boom in its short term rental industry, and strata buildings have been a popular hub for this activity. This trend has been given a...
by JFM Team | Mar 27, 2020
As we saw in the global COVID-19 pandemic, unforeseen circumstances may put business owners in the bleak situation of having to shut down their workplace (or part of their workplace) for a period of time. Section 524 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) provides...
by JFM Team | Mar 13, 2020
Terminating an employee on workers’ compensation is a very delicate process and may expose you to significant liability if you don’t do it in the correct way. In particular, you may breach section 385 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (NSW) if you terminate in...
