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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 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 noteWhy small businesses fail, the avoidable legal and financial traps
Small businesses fail for avoidable reasons. Learn the financial and legal traps behind business failure in Australia and the fixes that keep you trading.
Read noteIndependent contractor agreements and the clauses that actually protect you
Writing an independent contractor agreement for your business? Learn the essential clauses, the contractor versus employee traps, and when to get legal advice.
Read noteRecruitment agreements and the clauses that protect your agency's fees
What belongs in a recruitment agreement? The clauses that protect your fees: service scope, fee triggers, temp-to-perm conversions, guarantees and liability.
Read noteThe clauses every consulting agreement needs
Consulting agreements decide your fees, your intellectual property and your liability. Here are the key clauses to check before you sign one.
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 noteEmployment agreement or employee handbook and where each term belongs
Deciding whether a term belongs in the employment agreement or the employee handbook? Compare the factors that decide enforceability, flexibility and risk.
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 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.
Read noteReturn to work obligations, a guide for Australian employers
Return to work obligations for Australian employers: what WHS, workers compensation, reasonable adjustment and privacy law require when an employee returns.
Read noteHiring someone bound by a restraint of trade and weighing the risk
Weigh the risks before hiring an employee bound by a restraint of trade: enforceability, injunctions and your exposure for inducing a breach of contract.
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