Employee Resignation Without Notice: Is This Legal in Australia?

General Legal

Employee resignation without noticeEmployee retention is critical for your company’s success. Several companies have adopted employee retention strategies that keep their best talents around for as long as possible. But what if your best talents decide to leave without notice? Of course, that would hurt any employer. 

Is employee notice essential according to the law? Can you sue for employee resignation without notice? 

The aim of this article is to examine the legal landscape of resignation without notice and answer all the confusing questions. 

What is a Notice Period? 

Notice period means the period of time an employee gives before the end of an employment or job. It means the length of time you inform your employer of your intention to leave before you actually leave the job. The notice period required for different jobs differs. But you can find the required notice period in the following documents: 

  • Enterprise Agreements 
  • Employment Agreements 
  • Modern Awards
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Is it Legal to Sign on Someone Else’s Behalf?

General Legal

It’s a familiar story, and it often starts like this. Your boss is indisposed and unable to make it to the office. Unfortunately, an essential document that requires their immediate approval arrives at your desk. And everyone expects you to sign on your boss’s behalf. 

It’s a pretty tough dilemma, especially if you always love to be on the right side of the law. 

You may need to sign in place of someone else for several reasons. However, it’s great to understand what the law says about such situations to avoid being guilty of forgery. 

In this article, we’ll answer the question: is it legal to sign on someone else’s behalf?” in detail. 

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To Be Or Not To Be A Sole Trader

General Legal, Legal Advice
Mar42021
General LegalLegal Advice To Be Or Not To Be A Sole Trader

When you are starting a business there is a multitude of decisions that you need to make with everything from the company name to your choice of commercial lawyer on the list of options that you need to finalise.

Another decision you need to make is exactly what sort of business entity you are going to operate as. By business entity, we are not referring to the business sector or niche you are going into but rather the legal status of the business you are creating. Depending on the size of the business you are creating and the initial capital you are investing you have a number of choices.

These include a corporation for larger-scale businesses, a limited company, a partnership, or it could be that you setting out in one of the simplest forms of business you can start and that is as a sole trader.

Starting as a sole trader has its pros and cons and it is by weighing these up that you can decide whether it would be the most appropriate for your situation or not. Obviously, we would recommend you speak to your commercial lawyers for more detailed advice, but for now here are some of the basics you need to know about running a business as a sole trader in Australia.

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How To Prepare For Your First Meeting With Your Divorce Lawyer

General Legal, Legal Advice
Feb42020
General LegalLegal Advice How To Prepare For Your First Meeting With Your Divorce Lawyer

Going through a divorce can be a highly emotional and stressful experience, however, there are several ways you can reduce the angst. One of those is hiring an experienced and accomplished divorce lawyer and helping them as much as you can to make the best possible case they can for you throughout the negotiations, and at court, if the need arises.

Now, it is unlikely that you will have kept a divorce lawyer ‘on hold’ as it were and paid them a retainer just in case your marriage ever went awry…at least we hope you didn’t. It can seem like a cynical world sometimes, so we assume you wanted your marriage to work, rather than expecting it would not, by having a divorce lawyer on standby.

Once you hire a divorce lawyer, one of the most important meetings you will have with them is the first one. This is important for several reasons, but one that is key is that it will confirm, or not, that you are comfortable discussing your marriage and other aspects of your personal life with this particular divorce lawyer.

Depending on how amicable or not the split is, or how likely or not a negotiated settlement might be, there is always the possibility that the divorce will end up in court. If it does, your ex-partner’s lawyer will quite rightly do all they can to make their case, and that could involve bringing up elements of your personal life that you might find uncomfortable.

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