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Superannuation

Published: 5 April 2017 | Edited: 6 October 2022

Read time: 4 minutes The Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth), (herein referred to as the Act) is the primary Superannuation ...

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Continuing professional development (CPD)

Published: 8 November 2018 | Edited: 24 August 2022

Read time: 4 minutes In most states and territories in Australia, architects are required to undertake Continuing professional development (CPD) to ...

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Transfer of business

Published: 4 September 2017 | Edited: 26 February 2020

The employment obligations when transferring a business or part of a business may differ between the two industrial relations systems. Please refer ...

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Mental health in the profession

Published: 20 November 2019

Read time: 8 minutes Mental health is sometimes described as a continuum, where good mental health is at one end, and mild to severe mental illnesses ...

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Leave entitlements and obligations

Published: 27 February 2020 | Edited: 20 October 2022

Read time: 1 minute In Australia, there are two industrial relations systems – the National System and the State System. It is important to know ...

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Workplace health and safety - Safe design law

Published: 17 February 2021

(This note updates and replaces Occupational health and safety - safe design) The Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation is being harmonised across ...

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Safety during construction

Published: 17 March 2021 | Edited: 28 August 2024

Read time: 6 minutes Site safety for architects Designers or their staff may work closely with a principal contractor, or as a principal contractor ...

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Safety in design guide

Published: 30 April 2020

Read time: 9 minutes Safety in design provides a system to formally document a process demonstrating systematic risk management. This process ...

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Meetings

Published: 14 November 2011 | Edited: 17 June 2020

A significant part of an architect’s working day is spent in preparation for, or attendance at, meetings. Most meetings are project meetings (that is ...

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Architects' liability

Published: 8 February 2017 | Edited: 15 April 2021

Liability, the obligation to compensate someone else for loss or damage, is a major concern for architects. The main types of architects' liability ...

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