The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (“FWA”) and the Fair Work Regulations 2009 (Cth) (“FWR”) set out what an Employer must do when they wish to terminate the
employment of an Employee. For small businesses, an Employer will be required to comply with the Small Business Fair Dismissal Code. This means that, when choosing to let an Employee go, an Employer may be required to comply with the FWA, FWR, the relevant Award and the terms of any employment contract if applicable.
Further to our September 2012 article titled “Attention Tradesmen … A Few Things About Payment Claims and BSA Licencing”, a recent Supreme Court case of Allaro Homes Cairns Pty Ltd v O’Reilly & Anor [2012] QCA 286 further establishes the importance of effectively drafting your building contracts and contract variations.
It is very pleasing to advise that the Macrossan & Amiet Charitable Foundation has now passed more than One Million Dollars in funds. With the capital always protected this amount can never diminish, only ever increase.
Speech by Andrew Telford. My name is Andrew Telford. I was born in Proserpine and I grew up here. My family are cane farmers. I went to St Catherine’s Primary School and then the Proserpine High School. I was the School Captain here in 1983.
It’s that time of the year again. We have just celebrated Melbourne Cup, schoolies is just around the corner, office Christmas parties are in full swing and the summer festival season is about to begin.
But with the year drawing to a close and the silly season nearly upon us, three things are certain: more of us will be sunburned, more of us will be consuming more food and alcohol and more of us will be belting out karaoke tunes in the style of Bridget Jones.
And with that comes a greater likelihood of coming into contact with the police.
Val Matthews, who is my longest serving employee having worked for me for nearly 20 years, is still recovering from a snake bite which occurred on the 29th April this year.
Val lives on the family cane farm situated at Mt Julian, near Proserpine with her husband Bill.
In our September edition, we published an article which discussed “Sham Contracting” arrangements and the risks posed to employers who make the mistake of classifying their workers as contractors rather than employees.
More and more people are choosing to invest in order to protect and secure their financial future and that of their family.
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