What the new overtime rules mean for you and your boss

Jun 01, 2016 02:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Business

Earlier this month, the Department of Labor outlined changes to the existing overtime exemptions. As you are probably aware, some employees are exempt from being paid overtime, meaning their employers dont have to pay...

Debunked: links between term-time holidays and lower grades

May 31, 2016 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law

A recent victory for parent Jon Platt at the High Court means that the 2013 ban on parents taking their children on holidays during term-time is now out of step with English law. Platts case has become something of a...

Jose Mourinho, Wayne Rooney, Rihanna ... and the lucrative world of image rights

May 31, 2016 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Business

During the recent negotiations over Jose Mourinhos appointment as Manchester United manager, it became apparent that, even though he left the club in December 2015, Chelsea Football Club Limited still owned Mourinhos most...

How smoking bans could lead to the death of the industry

May 31, 2016 13:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Business

Smoking bans have been introduced in numerous countries around the world, following the incontrovertible link thats been made between smoking and cancer. The World Health Organisation estimates that over 6m people a year...

Discrimination law fails pregnant women who lose their jobs

May 30, 2016 04:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

Despite laws protecting their rights to work, research shows pregnant women are still being discriminated against with court decisions often being unfavourable to the few bringing legal claims. Legal change is needed if as...

The scandal of 60 Minutes: no broadcasting standards, no investigation

May 30, 2016 04:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law

Last week, a small group of people held a protest outside Channel Nine in Sydney. They were objecting to the networks treatment of Adam Whittington, the Australian man whose company recovered Sally Faulkners children on...

Does billionaire-funded lawsuit against Gawker create playbook for punishing press?

May 30, 2016 01:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Law

Word last week that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolled wrestler Hulk Hogans invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against Gawker added a wrinkle to a case already featuring colorful characters and a US$140 million...