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Section 117 of the Fair Work Act and your notice of termination obligations employment law 30 Aug 2026

Section 117 of the Fair Work Act and your notice of termination obligations

Section 117 of the Fair Work Act sets the minimum notice employers must give when terminating staff, including notice periods, delivery methods and penalties.

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The essential clauses of a startup confidentiality agreement commercial law 30 Aug 2026

The essential clauses of a startup confidentiality agreement

What a confidentiality agreement for startups should contain: the clauses that protect your business, the traps to avoid, and when a lawyer reviews an NDA.

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Restructuring your workplace and the legal obligations for employers employment law 29 Aug 2026

Restructuring your workplace and the legal obligations for employers

Planning a workplace restructure? Know your obligations: the genuine redundancy test, consultation, redeployment and redundancy pay under the Fair Work Act.

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How the Fair Work Ombudsman works, complaints, investigations and enforcement employment law 29 Aug 2026

How the Fair Work Ombudsman works, complaints, investigations and enforcement

How the Fair Work Ombudsman investigates complaints, audits workplaces and enforces the Fair Work Act, and what enforcement can cost your business.

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Making employees redundant and your legal obligations as an employer employment law 29 Aug 2026

Making employees redundant and your legal obligations as an employer

Your legal duties when making employees redundant: the genuine redundancy test, notice and redundancy pay, and mistakes that invite unfair dismissal claims.

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Paid sick leave, which employees are entitled and how much they get employment law 28 Aug 2026

Paid sick leave, which employees are entitled and how much they get

Paid sick leave in Australia: full-time staff get 10 days a year and part-timers a pro-rata amount, while casuals get no paid sick leave. See the figures.

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Setting up an IT support business in Australia and the legal steps, in order commercial law 28 Aug 2026

Setting up an IT support business in Australia and the legal steps, in order

The legal steps to set up an IT support business in Australia, in order, from ABN and ASIC registration through GST, client contracts and privacy obligations.

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How the unfair dismissal compensation cap works in Australia employment law 27 Aug 2026

How the unfair dismissal compensation cap works in Australia

How the unfair dismissal compensation cap works: the 26-week rule, half the high income threshold, and what the Fair Work Commission can order for a dismissal.

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Fair work notice periods and what Australian employers must do employment law 26 Aug 2026

Fair work notice periods and what Australian employers must do

Fair work notice periods explained for Australian employers: NES minimums by service, payment in lieu, resignation and redundancy notice, and penalty exposure.

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Employing staff across Australia, your state and federal obligations employment law 26 Aug 2026

Employing staff across Australia, your state and federal obligations

Managing employees across Australia means juggling federal and state law. Learn which system covers your business and the compliance steps that matter.

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What you must do when an employee resigns in Australia employment law 26 Aug 2026

What you must do when an employee resigns in Australia

When an employee resigns in Australia your obligations continue: notice, final pay, annual leave and super are still owed. Here's what the law requires.

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How leave entitlements work in Australia and the NES explained employment law 26 Aug 2026

How leave entitlements work in Australia and the NES explained

Australian leave entitlements explained: how the NES scheme works, which employees qualify for annual, personal, parental and other leave, and the traps.

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