STANDARD TRADING TERMS AND CONSUMER GUARANTEES
The Australian Consumer Law (ACL) deems suppliers to give certain guarantees in relation to the goods and services they provide from 1 January 2011. This includes guarantees relating to acceptable quality, matching description, fitness for purpose and complying with point-of-sale statements made about the goods, in place of the implied terms we were all familiar with.
Generally speaking, these guarantees apply to transactions with “consumers” and cannot be excluded. A “consumer” is a person who buys:
FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA’S ANNUAL WAGES REVIEW – KEY CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT LAWS
Fair Work Australia issued its Annual Wage Review Decision on 1 July 2012, introducing some key changes to employment laws in relation to wage entitlements and eligibility thresholds to make an unfair dismissal claim.
Employees who earn more than the high income threshold and who are not covered by a modern award generally cannot make a claim for unfair dismissal under the Fair Work Act. From 1 July 2012, the Review determined that: