In a keenly anticipated decision, the High Court has declared that, unlike the case in the UK, Australian employment contracts do not contain an implied term of mutual trust and confidence (the Implied Term).
In Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker [2014] HCA 32 the Full Court unanimously determined that a term that “neither party will, without reasonable cause,... MORE
NECA has drafted a letter in agreement with the ACCC, for contractors to send to their customers if they already have not been in contact. ... MORE
Dear Member
You may have seen coverage in the press suggesting that NECA took commissions from a redundancy/severance fund. NECA was completely misrepresented in this coverage.
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Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning consumers about the potentially fatal risk of using non-compliant USB style chargers following the recent death of a consumer where an unapproved USB charger was potentially implicated.... MORE
Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is warning consumers about the potentially fatal risk of using non-compliant USB style chargers following the recent death of a consumer where an unapproved USB charger was potentially implicated.... MORE
ESV is warning electrical contractors and workers to be vigilant about non-complaint switchboards following a recent incident in which a copper lug fell through a gap onto a live busbar.
Two workers were lucky not to be injured when the copper lug they were fitting to the end of a cable fell through a 23mm gap at the rear of the switchboard enclosure. The lug contacted live busbars,... MORE
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) is calling for industry participation and input upon a range of draft standards that are now open for public comment through Standards Australia. Click here to read more.
