Hope Island is one of the Gold Coast’s most exclusive suburbs. Home to an enclave of exclusive housing estates, such as Sanctuary Cove and Hope Island Resort, with several world class golf courses meandering in between.
The property website Domain are currently running a series of articles on selling a property, covering aspects from presentation and market advise, to sales tactics and the conveyancing process itself.
Brisbane came alive this weekend for the annual Teneriffe Festival. The streets were lined with a festival of food, markets and entertainment.
So you’ve spent countless weekends scouring the suburbs of Brisbane, or the Gold Coast for that perfect property and you think you’ve finally found ‘the one’ and are ready to put in an offer and sign a contract of sale. It’s right about now that you need to tap the brakes every so slightly. There’s no point rushing in and signing your name, as the entire conveyancing process will be dictated by this contract, so you want to make sure you’ve got it right before signing.
So you’ve had your property on the market for a while and have now signed a contract of sale and sold your property. First of all congratulations on the sale! While getting that offer may be exciting at first, we’re sure that a bit of stress is beginning to creep into your mind as you start to consider the long list of things you now have to take care.
In 2013 an amendment to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) (‘the Act’) came into effect, which allowed for an employer, with the consent of a prospective employee, to obtain a copy of the prospective employee’s claims history from the Queensland Workers’ Compensation Regulator.
As an employer it is important that you are aware of the legal obligations you have to your employees and manage your relationship with them appropriately and within the legal framework that exists as part of Australia’s employment laws. This is especially true when it comes to dismissing an employee and it is vital that you understand the Unfair Dismissal Code and what exactly constitutes ‘unfair dismissal’ in order to limit any potential claims through Fair Work Australia.
Entrepreneurs have a range of considerations when endeavoring to get their business up and running, from devising a viable business plan to securing work space to settling on a company name. Not the least of their concerns is the complicated legal process involved with setting up a business, which can be an intimidating pursuit for leaders of budding companies.
Social media is so widely used nowadays that even you’re grandma is liking and commenting on your posts! It’s the place where the news hits first and if you’re not on it then you’re viewed as a bit of a rebel. With social media so commonplace there are certain pitfalls that come with it and over-sharing about something that happened in the workplace could land you in a lot of trouble with your employer.
