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Australia Owner-Occupiers Beware: NSW Security of Payment Applies

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 The last remaining exemption for owner-occupier construction contracts from the operation of the  Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOP Act) was repealed on 1 March 2021. Contractors under owner-occupier residential construction projects will be entitled to make claims for payment under the SOP Act, including making and enforcing adjudication applications. This change to the SOP Act will significantly change how payment disputes are dealt with on owner-occupier construction projects, place significant burdens owner-occupiers to become familiar with the security of payment regime, and potentially lead to more payment disputes on owner-occupier construction projects by giving contractors a further (and often quicker) avenue for pressing their claims. 

Australia s shocking wage theft scandals keep coming by the truckload

Australia’s shocking wage theft scandals keep coming by the truckload We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 13, 2021 — 5.00am March 13, 2021 — 5.00am Save Normal text size Advertisement When Victoria became the first state to criminalise wage theft in June 2020, it was seen as a big step forward in the fight against systemic underpayment of wages in Australia. Queensland followed and in December the federal government promised criminal penalties for wage theft as part of its industrial relations reforms. Fast forward to today and little seems to have changed. The Fair Work Ombudsman continues to issue press releases like confetti, outing companies every few days for questionable workplace practices. In the past month alone 10 security businesses, Chatime bubble tea, restaurants, medical centres, a toy retailer and an IT services business have been pinged by the regulator for short-changing workers.

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