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Workplace restorations can help after investigations – 28 May 2018
After a harassment investigation or mediation over inappropriate behaviour in a workplace, lawyers say the environment can become toxic to employees. Employment lawyers say that a workplace restoration process is a better way of dealing with the fallout of investigations and can help to return a sense of normalcy to a workplace.
Rachel Dolezal, who lied about being black, charged with welfare fraud – 26 May 2018
She was the former leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Then her life unravelled after she was exposed as a white woman pretending to be black. Now Rachel Dolezal has been charged with welfare fraud, perjury and false verification for public assistance.
Many lawyers and buyers unaware of property scams – 26 May 2018
Fraudsters have illicitly accessed client lists of conveyancers, then impersonated them in emails to advise of a change in property trust account details. Victims would then transfer funds to purchase money to the alternate account.
ASIC puts financial sector on notice, ramps up bank scrutiny – 17 May 2018
The corporate regulator has put the financial advice sector on notice laying out plans to speed up its investigations into the wealth management firms, warning of a new era of more “intensive, dedicated” oversight.
