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Paying super for a new employee and your obligations as an employer employment law 25 Sep 2026

Paying super for a new employee and your obligations as an employer

When you take on a new worker, superannuation is usually a legal obligation, not a choice. Here is who must be paid super, at what rate and by when in 2026.

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Summary dismissal and when can you dismiss an employee without notice employment law 25 Sep 2026

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.

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Employer obligations under the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act, pay secrecy, fixed-term contracts and flexible work employment law 24 Sep 2026

Employer 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.

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Why small businesses fail, the avoidable legal and financial traps commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Why 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.

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Independent contractor agreements and the clauses that actually protect you commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Independent 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.

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Recruitment agreements and the clauses that protect your agency's fees commercial law 24 Sep 2026

Recruitment 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.

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The clauses every consulting agreement needs commercial law 23 Sep 2026

The 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.

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How breach of confidence law works in Australia commercial law 23 Sep 2026

How 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.

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Employment agreement or employee handbook and where each term belongs employment law 23 Sep 2026

Employment 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.

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How the Fair Work Commission works, a guide for Australian employers employment law 22 Sep 2026

How 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.

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Bona fide redundancy in Australia and your obligations as an employer employment law 22 Sep 2026

Bona 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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Return to work obligations, a guide for Australian employers employment law 22 Sep 2026

Return 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.

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