G&B Lawyers - Kim Glassborow

The Principal of G&B Lawyers, Kim Glassborow is a specialist planning & environmental lawyer who has spent years dealing with various different government agencies (EPA, local councils & Department of Planning & Infrastructure) and has a wealth of experience in the NSW waste management sector.

 

She presently advises many waste recycling companies on their legislative compliance and work, health and safety issues.

Kim advises developers and industry on issues relating to town planning, contaminated land, hazardous materials, environmental licensing, waste management and regulation, supply chain compliance and pollution incidents.

Kim also assists clients to obtain development and environmental licences and approvals, manage on-going environmental compliance, environmental incidents and all aspects of Land and Environmental Court litigation.

Kim has been retained by the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW to provide specialist legal advice to its members. 

She is regarded as a leading expert in waste law and has practical experience having worked in-house for a large recycling / landfilling Sydney company.

Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au

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Changes to minimum wage and unfair dismissal claims

1 July 2015 signalled two significant changes for employers.

The first related to the increased thresholds for unfair dismissal claims.  The income cap for making an unfair dismissal claim has increased to $136,700 from 1 July 2015.

This means that employees who are not covered by an enterprise agreement or award are excluded from making an unfair dismissal claim if they are over this threshold.

The maximum compensation claim that can be awarded in a successful unfair dismissal claim has now increased to $68,350 (6 month’s salary based on the high income threshold).

The second change related to changes to the minimum rates of pay.  From 1 July 2015, the federal modern award wage rates increased 2.5%.  The weekly minimum wage rose to $656.90 or $17.29 per hour.

Employers must now ensure that they pass on the new wage rates as set by the Fair Work Commission.

Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

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EPA - Waste Regulation Reforms Update

EPA – Waste Regulation Reforms 2015

Under the Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014, a number of changes have taken place and continue to unfold.

1 March – the generation of more than 10 tonnes of waste from the metropolitan levy area and transported outside of NSW will require monitoring via the existing EPA online waste tracking system.

1 July – transportation of asbestos loads will be assigned a unique consignment code to allow the EPA to monitor the load from the site of generation to ultimate disposal.

1 August – scheduled waste facility operators will hold a ‘waste levy liability’ when the waste is received at the facility and occupiers of licensed landfills will be required to report to the EPA on the type and amount of waste received and disposed (even when not required to pay the levy).

Scheduled facility operators will have to pay the waste levy where the waste is:

·         Stockpiled on site for more than 12 months (unless it has been processed to a standard required by a resource recovery order);

·         Stockpiled above lawful limits; or

·         Transported for unlawful disposal.

The objectives behind these reforms were to:

·         Remove the incentive to stockpile;

·         Illegally dump non-recyclable wastes; and

·         Shift the levy liability from landfill gate to recycling gate.

 

The Principal of G&B Lawyers, Kim Glassborow is a specialist planning & environmental lawyer who has spent years dealing with various different government agencies (EPA, local councils & Department of Planning & Infrastructure) and has a wealth of experience in the NSW waste management sector.

 

She presently advises many waste recycling companies on their legislative compliance and work, health and safety issues.

Kim advises developers and industry on issues relating to town planning, contaminated land, hazardous materials, environmental licensing, waste management and regulation, supply chain compliance and pollution incidents.

Kim also assists clients to obtain development and environmental licences and approvals, manage on-going environmental compliance, environmental incidents and all aspects of Land and Environmental Court litigation.

Kim has been retained by the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW to provide specialist legal advice to its members. 

She is regarded as a leading expert in waste law and has practical experience having worked in-house for a large recycling / landfilling Sydney company.

 

 

Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

 

 

 

 

 

Buying or selling a property? Speak to G&B Lawyers today

Conveyancing from $950
(plus GST and disbursements)

 

Conveyancing, Property Disputes, Development Applications and Property-related Litigation

 

Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, NSW 2000
Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

 

Kim Glassborow - Principal Lawyer

M: 0481 287 528

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au / kglassborow@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

 

 

Land & Environment Court litigation serices at G&B Lawyers

At G&B Lawyers we challenged refusals of development applications, orders issued by Local Councils and unlawfully granted development consents. 

 

Kim Glassborow, Principal of the firm, is an experienced litigator in the Land and Environment Court with over 10 years experience.

 

She is a published author of the Lexis Nexis publication on the Land and Environment Court Act and Rules and former Chair of the NSW Young Lawyers Planning & Environmental Law Committee.

Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

Leading waste industry lawyer - Kim Glassborow G&B Lawyers

The Principal of G&B Lawyers, Kim Glassborow is a specialist planning & environmental lawyer who has spent years dealing with various different government agencies (EPA, local councils & Department of Planning & Infrastructure) and has a wealth of experience in the NSW waste management sector.

She presently advises many waste recycling companies on their legislative compliance and work, health and safety issues.

Kim advises developers and industry on issues relating to town planning, contaminated land, hazardous materials, environmental licensing, waste management and regulation, supply chain compliance and pollution incidents.

Kim also assists clients to obtain development and environmental licences and approvals, manage on-going environmental compliance, environmental incidents and all aspects of Land and Environmental Court litigation.

Kim has been retained by the Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW to provide specialist legal advice to its members. 

She is regarded as a leading expert in waste law and has practical experience having worked in-house for a large recycling / landfilling Sydney company.

 

 

Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001

M: 0481 287 528

E: info@gandblawyers.com.au

W: www.gandblawyers.com.au

 

 

G&B Lawyers - Environmental law experts

Kim is the Principal of G&B Lawyers; a boutique law firm offering legal services in property, planning, environmental law and corporate law.  Kim is a commercially astute, strategic and innovative thinker possessing refined communication, analytical and multi-disciplinary skills with an excellent understanding of property, planning, environmental law and the waste management and recycling industry. Kim has 10 years’ experience in planning and environmental compliance and governance in boutique, large top tier law firms and in-house organisations servicing private and public sector clients.  A former Chair of the NSW Young Lawyers Planning & Environmental Law Committee. Published author of Lexis Nexis publication on ‘Annotations to the Land and Environment Court Act & Rules’.  Bachelor of Arts (Honours) / Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales. Skills & Expertise Environmental compliance Development applications Approvals & EPLs  Land & Environment Court Work, Health & Safety Land contamination issues Tenders Corporate government Contract review Workplace issues   Suite 1, Level 1, 229 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 M: 0481 287 528 E: kglassborow@gandblawyers.com.au W: www.gandblawyers.com.au Mail: GPO Box 1849, Sydney, NSW 2001