september

  • High Court overturns controversial Barclay adverse action decision - The High Court's decision this morning in The Board of Bendigo Regional Institute of Technical and Further Education v Barclay [2012] HCA 32 means that the considerable risk and uncertainty employers faced when making decisions with an adverse effect on employees is substantially lessened and returns to the levels that were widely accepted prior to the Barclay decision.
  • When is a penalty clause not a penalty clause? - The High Court's decision in ANZ v Andrews has implications far beyond the banking industry, as Steven Klimt and Narelle Smythe explain.

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