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Articles

Understanding the New UK Arbitration Act: A Game Changer for Businesses

1 month ago | greene-greene.com | Mark Daly |Helen Proctor |Laura Watts |Melanie Pilmer

The UK Arbitration Act has recently received Royal Assent, marking a significant milestone in the realm of dispute resolution. This new legislation aims to modernise and streamline the arbitration process, making it more accessible and efficient for businesses. In this blog post, we’ll explore the key terms of the new law and discuss why businesses should consider including arbitration provisions in their contracts.
“If John Dewey Calls, Tell Him Things Didn’t Work Out”: 1970s Activists Use History to Explain the “Failure” of Public Schooling in Australia

Nov 17, 2024 | dx.doi.org | Helen Proctor

Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-lj6df Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-18T04:40:43.807Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2024 Keywords history of educationeducation conservatives1970s-1980sAustraliaschools in the print mediaeducation debates Type Forum Information History of Education Quarterly , Volume 64 , Special Issue 3: Higher Education in Its Many Forms , August 2024 , pp.
Let’s not fixate on co-ed v single-sex. Both can elevate our kids - or fail them

Nov 17, 2024 | smh.com.au | Kellie Burns |Jessica Kean |Helen Proctor

By Kellie Burns, Jessica Kean and Helen Proctor November 17, 2024 — 4.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There has been no shortage of debate about co-ed and single-sex schools over the past 18 months. The NSW government has announced several mergers of formerly single-sex schools as part of its promise that every family in the state will have the option of choosing a co-ed public high school by 2027.
New Laws on Tipping - What you need to know

Aug 8, 2024 | greene-greene.com | Helen Proctor |Laura Watts |James Southward

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and its accompanying statutory Code of Practice comes into force on 1st October 2024, after being delayed from 1st July 2024. The objective of the Act is to improve fairness for workers by ensuring that the tips consumers leave in recognition of good service and hard work are given to the workers as intended.
Employment Rates & Limits

Apr 17, 2024 | greene-greene.com | Tim Mendes |Helen Proctor

Thank you to those who joined us on 16th April 2024 for our HR Informed: Coffee and Catch-up webinar, we hope you found the 30-minute session informative. The session looked at recent updates and topical matters in the world of employment law and as promised a blog will follow on each topic discussed, so please remember to check our website. The statutory rates and limits have recently increased and we have set out below some of the key changes.
Child Maintenance Service crack down on non-paying parents

Mar 14, 2024 | greene-greene.com | Helen Proctor |Tim Mendes |Vanessa Pearson

The Government is reforming the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to crackdown on parents who fail to pay child maintenance and ensure that children get the support they deserve more quickly. Currently, sanctions for those who continually avoid their financial obligations towards their children include the use of bailiffs, forcing the sale of property, disqualification from holding a driving licence or UK passport, and prison.
School choice: why are more parents picking private over public?

Feb 18, 2024 | blog.aare.edu.au | Helen Proctor |EduResearch Matters

More students than ever before are being enrolled in Australia’s private schools, according to new data on school choice from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Most states and territories have experienced a similar trend. Even before current increases Australia had among the highest proportion of kids enrolled at non government schools in the OECD. Why are private schools growing in Australia?
Why do we have single sex schools? What’s the history behind one of the biggest debates in education?

Feb 5, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jessica Kean |Helen Proctor |Kellie Burns

When students walked through the sandstone gates of Sydney’s Newington College for the first day of school last week, they were met by protesters. A group of parents and former students had gathered outside this prestigious school in the city’s inner west, holding placards decrying the school’s decision to become fully co-educational by 2033. Protesters have even threatened legal action to defend the 160-year-old tradition of boys’ education at the school.