Pointon Partners Employment Law & COVID-19 Webinar
Thank you to those who joined the webinar yesterday, it was a successful session! The webinar was presented by Amelita, Michael, Ben and Jess covering the following topics: The extension of power for employers to issue JobKeeper directions reducing staff hours; Redundancy generally and the [...]
Protect Your Intellectual Property in These Changing Times
Recently, the outbreak of COVID-19 has seen many businesses change their business strategies and business models to cope with the impact of this pandemic. Some businesses have been unable to operate at all, while others have had to scale back their usual operations or expand [...]
A Health Check on Your Privacy Obligations
If you or your business are deemed a “health service” provider and hold “health information” for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”), then you need to be aware of your obligations under the Privacy Act and in particular the requirements of the [...]
Do you need to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation?
On 25 May 2018 the new European Union General Protection Regulation (the GDPR) came into force. The GDPR regulates the handling of personal data by “controllers” and “processors”, irrespective of whether the controller or processor was established in the EU. Australian businesses, individuals, public authorities, [...]
Crowd-sourced funding for proprietary companies: Differences between exposure draft and bill
The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Bill 2017 (Bill) has now been introduced into Parliament. The Bill “sets out amendments to the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act) to enable proprietary companies in Australia to access crowd-sourced equity funding”.[1] Prior to the introduction of [...]
Avoid suspension until re-compliance by announcing backdoor listing transaction
In May 2016, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) changed its policy on backdoor listings so that an entity’s securities will be suspended immediately from the announcement of a backdoor listing transaction. However, the ASX has now relaxed this policy change by allowing entities to avoid [...]
The widening definition of “Retail Premises”: Is your commercial lease affected?
The Supreme Court of Victoria’s recent decision in IMCC Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v CB Cold Storage [2017] VSCA 178 has confirmed that a wide interpretation of ‘retail premises’ should be used for the purposes of the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) (Act). This included [...]
Are you ready for the new Privacy Mandatory Data Breach Notification Regime?
The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Act 2017 (Cth) (Act) amends the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) to introduce mandatory data breach notification provisions for organisations, agencies and certain other entities that are regulated by the Privacy Act (entities).[1] “Mandatory data breach notification” commonly [...]
Vendors Beware – Purchasers Of Australian Property Worth $750,000 Or More May Now Be Required To Withhold 12.5 Per Cent Of Purchase Price At Settlement
If you are a vendor or purchaser of an Australian property with a market value of $750,000 or more, the Government’s recent reforms to improve housing affordability may directly affect you. The Government announced, as part of the 2017-18 Budget, that purchasers of certain taxable [...]
Crowd-Sourced Funding To Be Extended To Include Proprietary Companies
The Federal Government pursuant to its 2017 Budget intends to extend the legislative framework for crowd-sourced funding (CSF) by introducing a new Crowd-Sourced Equity Framework regime for proprietary companies.[1] Currently, the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 (the CAA)[2], which comes into force on 29 [...]