by JFM Team | May 10, 2016
In Rakic v Johns Lyng Insurance Building Solutions (Victoria) Pty Ltd (Trustee)[2016] FCA 430, Bromberg J found that an employer engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct during negotiations concerning an employment contract. The facts Ms Rakic was an experienced...
by JFM Team | May 2, 2016
Heather Garriock is one of Australia’s best women’s footballers (soccer). She has played 130 times for the Matildas since her national debut in 1999, still remaining the youngest women ever to represent the Australian national side and she has played for a number of...
by JFM Team | Apr 18, 2016
In Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society Ltd v Woff [2016] FCA 248, Besanko J provided a helpful outline of the principles that are used to determine whether employees have breached the fiduciary duties that they owe to employers. The Facts Mr Woff and Mr Corby were...
by JFM Team | Apr 18, 2016
The collapse of Queensland Nickel and voluntary administration of Dick Smith brought the plight of employees whose employers go insolvent into the public spotlight. This article outlines some of the ways in which employees can recover unpaid entitlements from their...
by JFM Team | Apr 11, 2016
In Fair Work Ombudsman v Konsulteq Pty Ltd [2015] FCCA 182, Judge Riethmuller ordered two companies and their sole director to pay $200,000 in penalties and compensation for the consistent failure of the companies to comply with the Fair Work Act 2009, including...
