by JFM Team | Jan 4, 2017
What is Encroachment? Sometimes, shareholders will mistakenly undertake renovation works on parts of common property. Companies should take action to prevent encroachments in order to ensure a shareholder does not exceed his or her entitlements under the Constitution...
by JFM Team | Dec 14, 2016
What defines workplace harassment and discrimination? Harassment involves unwelcome behaviour that intimidates, offends or humiliates a person because of a particular personal characteristic such as race, age, gender, disability, religion or sexuality. Sexual...
by JFM Team | Dec 12, 2016
In Kim Cowie [2016] FWC 7886 the Fair Work Commission rejected an application for a stop bullying order filed by Kim Cowie, a volunteer umpire with Rowing Victoria Inc., on the basis that Rowing Victoria Inc. was not a ‘constitutional corporation’ and so the stop...
by JFM Team | Dec 9, 2016
If your employees or independent contractors create intellectual property, it often becomes your property. For example, s 35(6) of the Copyright Act 1968 broadly provides that the copyright in a literary, dramatic, artistic or musical work made by an employee or...
by JFM Team | Dec 7, 2016
When you’re faced with a difficult issue like workplace bullying, it can be hard to know who to turn to. And even if you do know who to contact, there’s sometimes uncertainty about what they can help with and how much they can do. If you’re being bullied at work, it’s...
