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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.
Read noteThe 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.
Read noteRestructuring 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.
Read noteHow 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.
Read noteMaking 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.
Read notePaid 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.
Read noteSetting 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.
Read noteHow 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.
Read noteFair 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.
Read noteEmploying 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.
Read noteWhat 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.
Read noteHow 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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