Organisations can be targeted by traditional or social media campaigns. The hurt and damage to reputation can be challenging. While tempting to set the record straight, pursuing a defamation action can be tricky, risky and costly....

Local companies standing up to big tech Whether it be the Australian cricketers on the dustbowls in India or AFL teams travelling down the highway to Fortress Geelong, a team will always struggle away from home. The travel is dra...

On 18 May 2021, the Fair Work Commission decided that a Deliveroo food delivery motorbike rider was an employee, not a contractor, and that his dismissal by email had been unfair.  Deliveroo was ordered to reinstate the worker an...

The end of the insolvency relief measures - including the $90 billion JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme - is widely tipped to bring the biggest economic shock since the pandemic itself, leading to many unprofitable businesses closing ...

Fair Work Commission confirms desk not required to be provided to employee working from home It has been a turbulent year for most workplaces, including managing the sudden shift to working from home arrangements. Against this ba...

On 24 September 2020, the Australian Federal Government announced what it called the most significant reforms to Australia's insolvency framework in over 30 years. "The reforms, which draw on key features from Chapter 11 of the...