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Employment

Show me the contract! High Court decisions on who’s an employee and who’s a contractor

Consistent with its recent judgment on casual employment in Workpac v Rossato, the High Court of Australia has locked in the primacy of the contract in assessing whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.
18 Feb
News

Thomson Geer adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

Thomson Geer is proud to announce it has adopted its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), formalising the firm’s commitment to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their culture.
15 Feb
Health, Aged Care and Retirement Villages

Concept Design Paper sets the scene for developing a new aged care regulatory framework

The first steps towards implementing the new aged care regulatory framework have been taken with the Federal Government releasing a Concept Paper
10 Feb
Employment

Vaccination requirements – when are they lawful and reasonable?

As the pandemic continues to plague us, there have been some developments in courts and tribunals over the summer that shed light on the question of the lawfulness and reasonableness of vaccination requirements introduced by employers.
9 Feb
Construction

NSW Government provides practical relief with recent amendments to the Design and Building Practitioners legislation

Changes to the New South Wales Design and Building Practitioners Act (the DBPA) have come into effect, removing non-structural commercial and retail fit-outs from the compliance requirements for mixed-use residential developments and extending the transitional period for staged development projects.
28 Jan
Health, Aged Care and Retirement Villages

Updates to the Queensland COVID-19 Residential Aged Care Direction and Industry Code for visiting in aged care

The Queensland Government has released changes to visiting requirements at aged care facilities under Residential Aged Care Direction (No.12) (the Direction) that came into effect on January 15.
24 Jan
Intellectual Property

Modern Issues with Modern Art: the risks and rewards of NFTs

The world of crypto is growing at light-speed. What started off as a largely mysterious phenomena called “bitcoin” has now become a more accepted and legitimate form of currency.
13 Jan
News

Medicinal cannabis companies merge with assistance from Thomson Geer

Thomson Geer has advised medicinal cannabis company Cronos Australia on a A$60 million cash and shares merger with CDA Health, one of Australia’s largest distributors of medicinal cannabis.
22 Dec
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