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What does the Trans Pacific Partnership mean for IP in Australia?
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP) between twelve Pacific Rim counties, including Australia and the United States, was finally made public on 5 November.
The text of the Agreement will now be reviewed by various parliamentary committees before Parliament votes on legislation to implement the Agreement in Australia, likely to be in February or March next year. If the implementing legislation is passed in Australia and the other signatory countries, the Agreement will be ratified and come…
Director dashboard – Trends in executive remuneration
As this year’s public company reporting season comes to a close, the following trends in executive remuneration across various industries stand out:
Modest or nil increases in fixed remuneration for executives with some companies electing not to increase fixed remuneration for the third consecutive year;
Increases in short term incentive deferral practices and/or other changes to STI structure;
Significant changes to terms of long term incentives. For example, lengthening performance testing periods and mechanisms for…
Sexual harassment ‘down the pub’ can still give rise to employer liability
A Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has confirmed for the purposes of the anti-sex discrimination legislation that a pub attended by co-workers after work hours constituted a ‘workplace’.…
Social media in the workplace – the good and the bad
With the exponential growth in the world of social media, it is important that employers are well versed as to the impact it can have on recruitment, employment and termination of employment. Provided employers tread carefully, they can reap the benefits that social media provides without putting themselves at risk of claims by their potential, current or former employees. We set out below some of the key issues. …