News and Events

Nicole Kennedy and Kimberley McKenzie from RLC’s Tenancy & Housing practice explore the prevailing issues of the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Social Housing) Bill in an article in the lastest edition of Around the House, from Shelter NSW.

Have you been underpaid at work? Are you being unfairly treated by your boss? Do you want to know more about your employment rights?

Two groundbreaking new Australian films screened recently in Sydney exploring the impact of public housing redevelopment on the future of our city.

UP TO $1 billion is being stolen by dodgy Australian firms failing to pay thousands of workers the wages are legally entitled to; a troubling new report finds. Benedict Brook reports for new.com.au.

Research from UNSW and UTS shows that an overwhelming number of international students and backpackers in Australia are suffering wage theft in silence. If you are not being paid correctly at work, there are steps that you can take.

Short changed at work: Wage theft from migrant workers (recording)

On 26 September, Mr Alex Greenwich MP outlined his views on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Bill 2018 in the NSW Parliament. Mr Greenwich’s Second Reading speech highlighted key issues also raised in RLC’s recent position paper.

RLC's Inner Sydney Tenants' Advice and Advocacy Service (ISTAAS) provides responses to the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Amendment (Review) Bill 2018.

Our September e-Bulletin focuses on employment law and wage theft.

Criminal Sanctions for Wage Theft? ‘Wage theft’ is the new buzzword being used to describe the underpayment of employment entitlement to employees.​