Archive for the ‘ Employment Law ’ Category

With economic costs from work-related illnesses and injuries estimated at $57.5 million, it is little wonder that the Commonwealth and each State and Territory government agreed to harmonise their work health and safety laws so that they were similar in each jurisdiction. Rather than pass one Commonwealth law that would be binding upon each State

An issue which often arises for businesses is whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. How do you determine one from the other?  Does it even matter? This distinction does matter as it impacts on who is responsible for certain issues, such as PAYG withholding tax, superannuation and workers compensation. How do you