South Australia Government announces Bill to address the issues caused by the authorities in Preedy and Summerfield Equilibrium is a state in which...
In order for any work health and safety policy or requirement to be truly effective, “buy-in” is needed from the people who fall...
How do we decide which industries are so essential that the risks of suspending operations outweigh the risk of using COVID-19 positive workers...
South Australia Aged Care facilities will need to monitor developments in Victoria and New South Wales carefully as open borders change the “risk...
As the virus that causes COVID-19 evolves, employers are being forced to reconsider the need for their workers to be vaccinated, so how...
The recent revelations of alleged criminal conduct and misconduct in the Federal Parliament directed towards women has had devastating ramifications for those involved....
The Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 (‘the Standard’) commenced operation on 11 October 2019. This much-debated standard placed a range of...
The Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia “doubles-down” on its reasons in Preedy but fails to articulate a straightforward test...
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers is proud to share with you that ten of our lawyers have been listed in the 2022 edition of...
We can now prevent people from developing COVID-19, but when is it lawful and reasonable for employers to direct employees to undergo vaccination...
South Australian Employment Tribunal finds that all members of a group under a licence of self-insurance are equally and severally liable for suitable...
What role, if any, do businesses have to play if a vaccine is created for SARS-CoV-2? There has been a lot of discussion...
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business have been widespread and complex. In the agriculture industry the oft-quoted phrase that “everyone still...
DW Fox Tucker Lawyers is delighted to announce that nine of the firm’s senior lawyers have been recognised across 17 different areas of...
What are the implications for workers performing modified duties pursuant to the Return to Work Act? A lot of business are currently faced...
Three recent decisions in the SAET have served to highlight the difficulty in remediating incorrect impairment assessments under the Return to Work 2014...
Batten down the hatches! One wonders whether (the then Honourable John Rau – Deputy Premier) could have appreciated the sense of irony that...
Two recent decisions of the Supreme Court of South Australia comment on the issue of “contracting out” of workers compensation legislation, these decisions...
We have previously reported on the new whistleblower protection laws which came into operation on 1 July 2019 through the Treasury Laws Amendment...
The termination of Israel Folau’s multimillion dollar playing contract with Rugby Australia has been a divisive issue across Australia. On one hand, Rugby...
Decisions regarding the application of Section 18 of the Return to Work Act 2014 (SA) (the Act) are slowly trickling out of the...
Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia Publishes Decision in Return to Work Corporation of South Australia v Mitchell [2019] SASCFC...
The recent decision of the South Australian Employment Tribunal in Knight v Department for Education [2019] SAET 64 centred on the correct calculation...
The 12th annual “Best Lawyer Awards” have been announced by the Australian Financial Review, and DW Fox Tucker is delighted to confirm that...
The recent decision of the Full Bench of the South Australian Employment Tribunal in Richards v Little Company of Mary Health Care [2018]...
Return to Work Corporation of South Australia v Karpathakis; Return to Work Corporation of South Australia v Rudduck [2018] SASCFC 45 This decision...
What can we expect in Workers Compensation in the near future? On 16 April 2018 State Treasurer Rob Lucas announced that the average...
The International Organisation for Standardisation has recently published a new International Standard ISO 45001: “Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with...
No Place Like Home Patrick Walsh will tell you that while having experience counts, it’s engaging and enjoying interaction with people on all...
Returning Injured Employees to the Workplace After They Have Suffered a “Non-Compensable” Injury In most cases where an employee is sick or injured,...