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Rostering arrangements and public holiday work: Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v OS MCAP Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 51

On 28 March 2023, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (FCAFC) handed down the decision of Construction,…

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Read it and weep – Booktopia’s $6 million penalty!

The recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia in the New South Wales Registry has ordered that Booktopia Pty…

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Employment contracts – reviewing for compliance and retention

Why review? The conflation of legislative amendments and labour market shortages as well as lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic…

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RECORDINGS – AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IN-HOUSE COUNSEL DAY – 9 MARCH 2023

Please find below recordings from our six CPD sessions, along with the relevant presentation slides from our Australian Government In-House…

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The high court treatment: trade mark law cleaned up in cosmetics case

Cosmetics is a $22 billion dollar per year industry in Australia.1 Cosmetic companies regularly register trade marks to protect their brands. For…

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Further Award update: Engineers, scientists and IT professionals will be entitled to paid overtime and penalty rates from September 2023 

On 17 February 2023, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers published an article about the changes the Fair Work Commission (Commission) proposed to…

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