Workers Compensation and Workplace

Contractor or Employee? By Hillary Morris | Workers Compensation/Workplace | 1 April, 2017 | 0 Outsourcing is a major feature of today’s labour market and many companies and businesses hire independent contractors with the intention of avoiding a whole raft of employment obligations including annual leave, long service leave, sick leave and statutory payments suchRead more

Contractor or Employee?

Outsourcing is a major feature of today’s labour market and many companies and businesses hire independent contractors with the intention of avoiding a whole raft of employment obligations including annual leave, long service leave, sick leave and statutory payments such as workers compensation, superannuation and payroll tax. But just because an employer has outsourced itsRead more

Consumer Protection from Unfair Contracts

On 12 November 2016, the existing unfair contract term protections for consumers have been extended to cover standard form contracts for small businesses. A summary can be found on the ACCC website on by clicking this link. Whether a term is fair or not is considered in context of the contract as a whole. It couldRead more

Thousands of Workers Lose Benefits

Very interesting statistics from the Sydney Morning Herald today – article below. This change was introduced by the current NSW Liberal Government and has had severe implications for injured workers. http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/thousands-lose-workers-compensation-benefits-with-new-scheme-report-20150305-13vmho.htmlRead more

Medical Specialists Appeal Panel

No jurisdictional error found in worker’s compensation case – NSW Supreme Court The NSW Supreme Court was asked by worker to consider whether a decision by the Workers’s Compensation Commission approved medical specialists appeal panel was afflicted by jurisdictional error. The decision regarded a worker’s degree of permanent impairment. The worker , Mr El MasriRead more

McDonald’s ordered to pay $179,000 to man on rescue mission

A chef who fell and injured his wrist while rescuing a child stuck on a McDonald’s playground was successful in a personal injury claim for damages in NSW Court of Appeal. The Court found it was reasonably forseeable that a child would climb up the outside of the tunnels of the playground and that aRead more