The Workplace Safety Legislation Amendment (Workplace Manslaughter and Other Matters) Bill 2019 is designed to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) (OHS Act), to include this new offence Workplace Manslaughter.From 2020, business and officers whose negligent conduct leads to the workplace death of a worker shall be guilty of workplace manslaughter. Businesses such as partnerships, corporate…
In most instances, superannuation does not form part of a deceased’s estate. This means that in most cases, it is not paid to the estate unless the deceased person has made a valid and binding nomination to their estate. Superannuation and life insurance cannot be used to pay estate debt and liabilities – section 205 of the Life Insurance Act 1995 (Cth).…
The extent of Victoria’s cladding crisis is overwhelming. 2,227 individual buildings have been inspected, and 1069 have been found by Victoria’s Cladding Taskforce to have non-compliant cladding. In actuality, the total number of buildings containing non-compliant cladding in Victoria is higher, because those numbers do not include those buildings outside the remit of the Taskforce,…
In a private property sale of residential property in Victoria, the property is advertised and prospective buyers are invited to make offers to the seller or the seller’s agent, and the sale does not go to auction. For residential properties and rural properties less than 20 hectares, buyers have three business days to think about…
A recent Fair Work Commission decision has found that the demotion of an employee amounted to a dismissal for the purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009.An employee received a final warning from his employer for not performing a blood alcohol test on members of his team prior to taking them to a site visit.…
A Reverse Mortgage Certificate is the Certificate of independent legal advice that is often required by lenders providing Reverse Mortgage Loans or Equity Draw Down Loans. This certificate is often referred to as an Acknowledgement of Independent Legal Advice or Solicitors Certificate.Lenders require such certificates for Reverse Mortgage’s, Equity Draw Down Loans and for individuals…