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On 25 March 2013, the NSW Parliament passed two very significant pieces of legislation. The two Acts are:
The Evidence Amendment (Evidence of Silent) Act 2013; and
The Criminal Procedure Amendment (Mandatory Pre Trial Defence Disclosure) Act 2013
These two Acts will significantly change the rights that NSW citizens have...
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New procurement Guidelines for all NSW infrastructure projects will come into effect on 1 July 2013. Changes to the existing guidelines were driven by the Hon. Mike Baird (NSW Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations) who has stated that he was responding to pressure to maintain consistency with Victoria and Queensland.
All...
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Workplace bullying and harassment is a serious issue impacting many businesses across Australia and it’s been on the rise over the last few years. A study of adult workers in 2010 by the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) found that 35 per cent had suffered from some form of bullying in the workplace, in the form of being verbally...
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A recent decision in the case of LA Rosa v Nudrill [2013] WASCA 18 serves as a reminder to all business owners that exclusion clauses in contracts are not watertight and will not always protect the parties involved from the consequences of negligence.
In this case, the exclusion clause in question was related to goods that were carried...
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The high income threshold for unfair dismissals refers to the highest possible income an employee can have, unless they are covered by an award or enterprise agreement, before they are excluded from making an unfair dismissal claim against their organisation. This threshold applies under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and changes every year on...
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