Can you steal large sums from your employer and get away with it?
It was reported only few weeks that two former Harvey Norman staff members were slapped with 159 charges for the alleged theft of almost $600,000 from their employer. It was alleged in court that a man and a woman had obtained $594,000 by using fraudulent cheques, doing dodgy Eftpos transactions, and stealing cash when they […]
But I was only helping my friends and acquaintances!
Introduction If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but calls itself a chicken, chances are an ornithologist would call it a duck. So, too, the Supreme Court of Queensland has recently heard a case about a man who called himself a consultant while helping out his friends and acquaintances with their […]
A Smack Which Lost a Mother Custody of Her Children
Introduction When it comes to disciplining children, a sticky topic is whether or not to use corporal means of punishment, like smacking. It’s a fact that some parents smack their children, while others find the practice completely unacceptable. A recent decision of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Jagic & Mattias [2022] FedCFamC2F 1820 (20 […]
Dealing with workplace insubordination.
It’s often colloquially referred to as “sticking it to the boss”. You know…the type of behaviour that can be gleaned from the plotlines of a TV show like The Office or a movie like Office Space. It usually happens when an employer gives an employee a task, but the employee flatly refuses to do it, whether it’s done sheepishly, […]