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Summary dismissal and when can you dismiss an employee without notice
Summary dismissal ends employment without notice, but only for serious misconduct. Learn when it is lawful, the risks and the process that protects you.
Read noteWhat Consequential Loss Means in Commercial Contracts
Consequential loss decides who pays for lost profits and downtime in Australian commercial contracts. Here's what it means and how courts read it.
Read noteEmployer obligations under the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act, pay secrecy, fixed-term contracts and flexible work
Pay secrecy, fixed-term contracts, flexible work and bargaining: the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act obligations Australian employers must now meet, with deadlines.
Read noteResolving a shareholder dispute and court orders or a negotiated exit
Weighing court orders against a negotiated exit in a shareholder dispute? A guide to the options for Australian business owners stuck in a 50/50 deadlock.
Read noteWhat counts as an offer in Australian contract law
Understand what counts as an offer in Australian contract law, the elements courts check, and the mistakes that create contracts you never meant to make.
Read noteHow breach of confidence law works in Australia
How confidentiality law works in Australia: the three elements of a breach of confidence, where obligations come from, and the remedies a business can seek.
Read noteLegally binding contracts in Australia and the six elements of an enforceable deal
What makes a contract legally binding in Australia? The six essential elements of an enforceable deal, the common myths, and when a lawyer's review is worth it.
Read noteLawyer duties to clients, what to expect and when to act
Australian lawyers owe their clients duties of confidentiality, loyalty, competence and honesty. Here is what to expect and where those duties come from.
Read noteNegotiating a deal for your small business and what to protect before you sign
Negotiating a contract for your small business: prepare walk-away points, trade concessions, know when a handshake deal binds and which terms hurt you.
Read noteHow the Fair Work Commission works, a guide for Australian employers
How the Fair Work Commission works for employers: awards, enterprise agreements, unfair dismissal, the annual wage review and where a lawyer can help.
Read noteACCC v Employsure and what the regulator's unfair contract terms loss means for your contracts
ACCC v Employsure: the regulator lost its unfair contract terms case, but penalties now apply. Find out what the ruling means for your standard contracts.
Read noteBona fide redundancy in Australia and your obligations as an employer
Run a compliant bona fide redundancy in Australia: the genuine redundancy test, consultation and redeployment duties, and the payments you must make.
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