The "right to disconnect" under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) requires schools to carefully evaluate and set reasonable expectations around out-of-hours work for teachers.
A recent announcement by the Victorian Government confirming the preferred route for a prospective underground rail network to Fishermans Bend has sparked the question of possible funding arrangements for the project.
From 1 July 2024 amendments to the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 (Vic) will come into effect by expanding the definition of "employee" to capture workers who are indirectly engaged by an entity via third parties.
It happens: because of illness, accident, age or misadventure. Sometimes our colleagues die at work or while employed.
Two recent decisions of Australian courts have considered the application of the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985 (Cth) (Immunities Act) to claims involving commercial aviation operations.
The Planning and Environment Court of Queensland dismissed a local government's application, ruling that specialist disability accommodation is accepted as "community residence" development.
