Rostering and contracting employees to work during a public holiday is quite usual in many industries such as Mining, Aged Care, Manufacturing and Construction The Federal Court has recently declared that the current system of rostering or contracting employees to work on public holidays needs a serious rethink for Employers and Human Resources. In the matter of Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v OS MCAP Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 51 (28 March 2023) on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2019, approximately 85 production employees of OS MCAP Pty Ltd, BHP’s in-house labor hire company, worked a standard 12.5-hour shift at BM Alliance Coal Operations’ (BMA) Daunia Mine in Central Queensland.…
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Law Society Introduces “Strategic Priorities”
The New Zealand Law Society has announced its moves to adapt to the rapidly changing legal marketplace by working on ‘strategic priorities’. A news release from the Society (published below) shows that the Society is developing a “fit-for-future” role as the profession’s regulator after a tumultuous time both within the profession and within the NZ Law Society itself, following the resignation of both the former recently appointed Chief Executive Joanna Simon and the resigning of the elected president Jacqui Lethbridge. Among the strategic changes being made by the Society include changes to the Conduct and Client Care Rules, which include mandatory reporting of bullying, harassment and discrimination.…
Michael Cohen settles lawsuit against Trump’s company over legal bills
Donald Trump’s company and his former longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, have settled a lawsuit over Cohen’s claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Lawyers for the two sides disclosed the settlement during a video conference with the judge on Friday, three days before Cohen’s 2019 lawsuit was slated to go to trial in a state court in New York City. Details of the agreement were not made public. Cohen said on Friday that the matter “has been resolved in a satisfactory manner to all parties.” His lawyer, Lauren Handelsman, said the terms were confidential.…
The EU just backed a major nature conservation law. Here’s what it means. -National
The European Union’s parliament on Wednesday backed a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change in a cliffhanger vote that had the 27-nation bloc’s global green credentials at stake. After weeks of intense lobbying against the plan, the legislature still supported the general outlines of a European Commission bill in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions. The plan is a key part of the EU’s vaunted European Green Deal that seeks to establish the world’s most ambitious climate and biodiversity targets and make the bloc the global point of reference on all climate issues. The vote “marks a significant milestone in our commitment to fulfilling the Green Deal,” said MEP Mohammed Chahim of the socialist group.…
Special counsel argues Trump’s request for a lengthy trial delay has ‘no basis in law’
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office on Thursday urged US District Judge Aileen Cannon to reject an effort by Donald Trump’s legal team to indefinitely postpone setting a date for the former president’s trial on charges that he withheld government secrets and obstructed justice after leaving office, which he denies . “There is no basis in law or fact for proceedings in such an independent and open-ended fashion, and the Defendants provide none,” prosecutor David Harbach wrote in the filing. Harbach directly disputed several of the legal issues put forward by Trump’s attorneys in their own filing earlier this week, when they previewed plans to challenge the authority of the special counsel to bring charges and the intersection that they contend the Presidential Records Act has with the case .…
Government Mandate to Block All News in Canada?: Why Australia’s News Law Architect Recommendation Demonstrates that Canada Has Been Getting Awful Advice on Bill C-18
The implications of the legislative disaster that is Bill C-18 continues to unfold as Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is now essentially doing exactly what he said he would not do, namely negotiating with the big tech platforms over government mandated payments for news links. Rodriguez had long claimed that the bill was designed to keep the government out of the issue and to leave it to the platforms and media companies to craft agreements. Yet with the departmental update this week, it is clear that the government is now discussing a minimum spend for inclusion in the regulations, effectively putting itself at the very head of the negotiating table.…
The liberal bill that would unblock Afghan aid clears the Senate, set to become law – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 15, 2023 9:22 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment. The Criminal Code changes allow development workers to apply for exemptions from terrorism laws, which currently criminalize paying taxes to the ruling Taliban because it is designated as a terrorist group. Amendments from the Conservatives and NDP in the House of Commons also added a blanket exemption for humanitarian workers who are providing life-saving aid in response to emergencies. The passage of the bill by both chambers of Parliament comes more than a year after many of Canada’s allies issued exemptions to aid workers in their own terrorism laws.…
What’s next on the debt ceiling: Selling the plan and making a deal into a law
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN World PMN Politics PMN News Author of the article: The Associated Press Mary Clare Jalonick And Kevin Freking Published May 28, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 4 minute read Lights illuminate the capitol after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., announced that he and President Joe Biden and McCarthy had reached an “agreement in principle” to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo by Patrick Semansky /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Advertisements 2 This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.…