CHILD PROTECTIONS FOR NFP ORGANISATIONS – #2 UPDATE
New Child Safety Laws - Update Screening of employees and others for child-related work In our last Client Briefing on Child Protection #2, we addressed the recent changes to the legislative regime in South Australia, including the new requirements for policies and...
CHILD PROTECTIONS FOR NFP ORGANISATIONS – #2
Following on from the reports of both the South Australian Child Protection Systems Royal Commission (2016) and the Commonwealth Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2017), the South Australian parliament has passed numerous new laws...
CHILD PROTECTIONS FOR NFP ORGANISATIONS – #1
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Findings and Recommendations for Religious Institutions In December 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse released its final report containing the findings...
ACNC – External Conduct Standards
Where do the External Conduct Standards come from and what is their purpose? The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission Act 2012 requires that all not-for-profit entities comply with the Governance Standards and External Conduct Standards...
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS
Whistleblower protections and not-for-profit organisations There has been some question over whether and to what extent the new whistleblower protections provided for in recent amendments to the Commonwealth Corporations Act 2001 apply to not-for-profit organisations...
EMPLOYERS PERFORMANCE REVIEW PART 2
Making sure that your business complies with its obligations as an employer is a job that is not only worth doing, it is worth doing right. Employers spend a lot of time reviewing the performance of their employees. Whether it be in an attempt to increase...
EMPLOYERS PERFORMANCE REVIEW PART 1
Making sure that your business complies with its obligations as an employer is a job that is not only worth doing, it is worth doing right. Employers spend a lot of time reviewing the performance of their employees. Whether it be in an attempt to increase...
ELECTRONIC CONVEYANCING: UPDATED FORM R1 UNDER THE LAND AND BUSINESS ACT 1994
At Tri-meridian.com we have previously discussed the changes to the Real Property Act which came into effect along with the introduction of Electronic Conveyancing. The Real Property (Electronic Conveyancing) Amendment Act 2016, commenced on Monday the 4th of July...
AUSTRALIAN HEALTH PRACTITIONERS GUIDE TO AVOIDING MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE CONDUCT
Misleading and deceptive conduct is something that should be diligently avoided in any business. As we have previously discussed the law is not only concerned with obvious and blatant lies which are misleading or deceptive, but also any conduct that is likely to...
NOT FOR PROFIT LAW: MAXIMISING IMPACT
The Value of Attention to Detail We who are Tri-meridian, are passionate about supporting the Not-for-Profit sector and are specifically interested in assisting NFP’s to make the most of the benefits available. Whether this be through establishing effective...
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