Posts tagged "hall & wilcox"

Thousands of company directors technically committed a criminal offence by not applying for a Director ID number before November 30, but regulators appear unlikely to chase business leaders through the courts the moment a 14-day amnesty period comes to an end.

The case highlights two important points for employers to consider, says Fay Calderone, employment law expert and partner at Hall & Wilcox.

Employers that mandated vaccines are being urgently warned to consider updating their policies to also include booster shots, as NSW and Victoria grapple with increasing cases of COVID-19.

Australian workers can now apply to the Fair Work Commission for an order to stop sexual harassment in the workplace, under changes that came into effect on Thursday.

Many 'little and subtle things' work together to keep women out of startups, according to Jacqui Barrett, a partner at Hall & Wilcox’s Frank Lab startup accelerator.

It’s fair to say the legaltech revolution started slowly. LexisNexis began digitising journals and case law in the 1970s (which, looking b…

A Queensland company and its former directors have been ordered to pay nearly $600,000 after pleading guilty to 11 different counts of makin…

The Australian Taxation Office has won a million-dollar court case against a chief executive after he was found to have outstanding personal…

By  Kerryn Tredwell

A recent case shows employers need to try harder when accommodating disabled employees – or they could face legal ac…

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission wants the courts to impose larger penalties of up to $100 million.  In a speech to the C…

One of Australia’s largest funeral companies has been hit with a $102,000 penalty for misleading customers about its contracts. The fine i…

The competition watchdog commenced further legal proceedings against Coles today, alleging the supermarket giant engaged in unconscionable c…