by JFM Team | Dec 1, 2016
The law around company title buildings is different to that of strata title buildings. So it’s important to have a grasp of how company title works if you’re thinking about buying or renting a company title unit. What is company title? Company title is a scheme of...
by JFM Team | Nov 4, 2016
The British Employment Tribunal recently held that Uber drivers should be treated as ‘workers’ for the purposes of various British statutes, in proceedings brought against Uber by current and former Uber drivers. The decision would be akin to the Fair Work Commission...
by JFM Team | Oct 28, 2016
Your employer has just given you a deed of release. You may have been given it as part of a voluntary redundancy or you may have been given it to settle a dispute you had with your employer. You are looking to move on to the next step in your career, but you...
by JFM Team | Oct 21, 2016
How can employers make restraints of trade enforceable? The court’s decision in the 2016 case set out below suggests that there are three golden rules to follow. In Just Group Ltd v Peck [2016] VSC 614, McDonald J held that a restraint of trade clause in a senior...
by JFM Team | Sep 7, 2016
The Fair Work Ombudsman (‘FWO’) conducted an investigation into a cleaning business called Grouped Property Services (‘GPS’). The investigation revealed numerous failures to pay minimum entitlements and to comply with the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘FW Act’), the...
