by JFM Team | Jul 11, 2016
In Europa International Pty Ltd v Child [2016] NSWSC 923, McDougall J dismissed an application by an employer for an injunction to restrain former contractors from using allegedly confidential information to aid competitors. In so doing, McDougall J provided some...
by JFM Team | Jun 24, 2016
The Fair Work Ombudsman has started making more frequent use of s 550 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘FW Act’). This has resulted in a number of directors of companies that employ workers being ordered to pay compensation to employees personally. This article...
by JFM Team | Jun 20, 2016
In Eaton v TriCare (Country) Pty Ltd [2016] QCA 139, the Queensland Court of Appeal awarded $435,583.98 in damages to an employer who had negligently caused one of its former employees to sustain a psychiatric injury. The decision, which is relevant in all Australian...
by JFM Team | Jun 16, 2016
The roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was completed on 1 July 2016. It has a number of implications for the way in which work is carried out in the disability services sector. Flexibility The use of individual client plans and the increasing...
by JFM Team | Jun 6, 2016
In Trevena v Thiess Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 468, Tracey J rejected a general protections claim made by an employee who claimed that his employer had taken adverse action against him because he exercised a workplace right to make a complaint in relation to his employment....
