Metals Manufacturing and Fabrications

On 4 March 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) launched a public consultation on the future European Climate Pact and simultaneously unveiled a key element of the European Green Deal , the long awaited proposal for a Regulation establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality, the European Climate Law.

As Democrats “gather” next week for their (mostly virtual and remote) convention to formally nominate Joe Biden as their candidate for President, it is important to think about what a Biden presidency would mean for your organization.

When this all started in March, many employers had never contemplated a stand down and most had not heard of Section 524 of the Fair Work Act. Fast forward four months and now employers have choices about stand down.

A Full Bench of the Federal Court has upheld a decision of the Federal Court that Mr. McCourt, a British backpacker engaged by a labour hire company to work as an unskilled labourer for a building company, was lawfully engaged as a contractor and was not an employee.