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‘Tis the Season to Be Compliant: Navigating Holiday Shutdowns and Leave Entitlements in 2024-25
‘Disingenuous’ Removal of Labour Hire Worker From Client Site Found to be a Dismissal
‘I didn’t know’ Is Not Good Enough
‘Mystery Shopping’ The Workplace
‘Not guilty’ finding for company “officer” charged under harmonised WHS laws
“Not now, I’m tied up!” – Are Your Contractual Restraints Valid?
$197,000 Penalty for Sham Contracting Involving Disabled Workers
10 Years After HR Legal Was Established, What’s Next?
15% Wage Increase for Aged Care Workers
2.5% to Minimum Wages for 2021
2023 Season’s Greetings from HR Legal
3 Common Workplace Health and Safety Mistakes to Avoid
5 Tips For Minimising Risk In Your Franchise Network
7 Ways To Manage Mental Health For The Retail Industry
A COVID-19 Holiday Season: COVID-Safe Considerations for your End of Year Event
A Matter Of Time: Navigating Employer Obligations To Accommodate An Ageing Workforce
A timely reminder: Summary (instant) dismissal
A Tweet Too Far: Public Servant Loses Free Speech High Court Case And Her Employment Over Tweets
A Welcome Relief for Business: Superannuation Frozen at 9.5% until 1 July 2021
Accidental Employees: Avoiding the Risks of Engaging Volunteers
AFL Grand Final Friday Public Holiday – what does that mean for you?
Aggravation of Employee Pre-Existing Injury? Make Sure Your Employment Documentation is in Order
Alpha Ousted: Workplace Is No Place For Crude Behaviour
An end of year bash/crash/pash VERSUS ending 2013 on a high note
Anat Hirsh promoted to Senior Associate
Annual Wage Increase
Annual Wage Increases for 2023
Annual Wage Increases for 2024
Annual Wage Review
ANZAC Day 2021 – what do employers need to know?
Anzac Day falls on a Saturday….so what does that mean for you?
Are the post-employment restraints in your contracts enforceable?
Are There Limits To Employee Industrial Action?
Are you ready for the changes to annualised wage arrangements in Modern Awards?
Are you ready for the upcoming changes to superannuation?
Are Your Workplace Policies Contractually Binding?
Assessing Modern Award Coverage Still a Difficult and Risky Exercise – King v Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club Inc
Attendance at work an inherent requirement of the job
Australia Day Public Holiday – What employers need to know
Australia Day Public Holiday – What to pay staff this long weekend
Award Update: FWC announces pay increases to address gender-based undervaluations in the care and community sectors
Award Update: Incoming Changes to the Professional Employees Award 2020
Bending Over Backwards: How flexible do you have to be?
Budget 2014 – What this means for employers
Bullying: When, Where, How
Business Protection versus General Protections – Redundancy and The Pregnant Employee
Can An Employer Rely On Cursory Evidence To Dismiss An Employee?
Can Employers Mandate Staff Vaccinations?
Can Employers Mandate the COVID-19 Vaccine?
Carly Kohler Joins HR Legal Team
Casual Controversy Re-examined: Commission Questions Recognition of Casual Service for Redundancy Entitlements
Casual Conversion Clause to be introduced into all Modern Awards
Casual Conversion Starts from 1 October 2018
Casual retail penalty rates to increase from 1 November 2018
Casual Retail Penalty Rates To Increase From 1 October 2019
Caught in the Web: Online social media posts undermined an employee’s adverse action claim
Chadstone Shopping Centre Closure: Does this affect your employees?
Changes to Individual Flexibility Arrangements
Changes to Pandemic Management
Changes to Part-Time and Casual Employment in Modern Awards
Changes to processes for Flexible Working Arrangements commence on 1 December 2018
Changes to the Default Superannuation Fund process from 1 November 2021: Introduction of “Stapled” Superannuation Funds for Employees
Changes to the Fair Work Act and Greenfields Agreements
Changes to the Fair Work Act Regarding Casual Employment
Changes to the Local Government Act 2020 for Senior Officers and introduction of the Gender Equality Act 2020: What local government and public sector employers need to know
Changes to the Miscellaneous Award from July 2020
Changes To The Paid Parental Leave Scheme: Here’s What You Need To Know
Changes to Victorian Portable Long Service Leave for Community Services Sector
Changing the reason for termination
Clear as Mud: Guidance for Interpreting Confusing or Unclear Clauses in Enterprise Agreements
Commission Finds Participant Of Unlawful Strike Legitimately Let Go
Company ordered to pay $93k penalty for requiring staff to work excessive hours and failing to pay overtime rates
Considerations in directing employees to be independently medically assessed
Continued casual controversies: ‘Casual’ Employee awarded Annual Leave entitlements
Corporate Inquisition: Proportionality and Fairness Key for Workplace Investigations into Misconduct
Court Confirms Sexual Harassment Liability but Rejects Sex-Based Discrimination in Mad Mex Case
Court finds the refusal of an employee’s parental leave request did not amount to a forced resignation
Court Orders Reinstatement of Executive Sacked after a Battle with HR
COVID-19 MANDATORY VACCINATION (WORKERS) DIRECTIONS – WHO MUST BE VACCINATED?
COVID-19 UPDATE: NEW PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTIONS AS VICTORIA REOPENS
David Sztrajt promoted to Partner
David Sztrajt promoted to Senior Associate
Deactivation Disputes Enter a New Era: Case Law Begins to Shape Gig Worker Protections
Deadline For Registration Under The New Portable Long Service Benefits Scheme Ends Soon
Dealing with employees who falsify medical certificates
Deficient Dismissal Processes Can Yield Different Results
Deploying the “stress” buzzword doesn’t always equal success for workers
Diminishing Returns: Employer Obligations to Long-term Injured Workers Clarified
Directing employees to download the COVIDSafe app
Do Not Pass Go: Increasing Likelihood of Jail Sentences For Negligent Employers Operating Unsafe Workplaces
Don’t get wrapped up in trouble: Employer obligations over the 2025-26 festive period
Don’t be a bunny this Easter: Make sure you pay the right wage rate
Drinking alcohol before a shift not serious enough to justify dismissal
Driven Over The Threshold: FWC Clarifies Calculating The High Income Threshold
Dual employment: two birds with one stone?
Egg-cellent Employer Obligations: Navigating Easter 2025
Election 2013 – What this means for your business
Election Update: What Would Bill Shorten Mean For Australian Workplaces?
Employee ‘fairly’ sacked for chronic lateness
Employee Awarded Six Months’ Damages for Unlawful Dismissal
Employee involvement in investigation necessary for procedural fairness
Employee on successive contracts not entitled to unfair dismissal claim
Employee tweets about the workplace after hours – what can you do?
Employee v Independent Contractor – Beware Of Sham Contracting
Employee with 20 years’ service was not unfairly dismissed for groping colleague
Employees can now sue their employer for serious invasions of privacy: What you need to know
Employees’ Dismissals for Vaccine Refusal Not Unfair – Ms Bou-Jamie Barber v Goodstart Early Learning and Jennifer Kimber v Sapphire Coast Community Aged Care
Employer found vicariously liable for employee’s blatant sexual harassment of co-worker
Employer guilty of adverse action for sacking employee with breast cancer
Employer obligations in response to the coronavirus
Employers Beware: Awards of damages in sexual harassment cases just increased five-fold
Employers entitled to rely on “the most relevant and comprehensive medical advice” in managing long term injured workers
Employers Granted More Power in Controlling Leave Balances
Employment Law Specialist Firm Finalist in 2018 Australasian Law Awards
Employment Restraints – Are they Binding?
End of an Era: Overcoming the Difficulties of Terminating Long-Term Employees
End of Year Wrap Up 2014 – A New Public Holiday In The Works?
Extended Sick Leave and Company Nominated Doctors
Fair Work Commission Decision Clarifies Good Faith Bargaining Requirements
Fair Work Commission to Increase Minimum Base Wage Under Certain Awards For Lowest Paid Workers
Fair Work Commission upholds dismissals of unvaccinated workers and confirms that there is no entitlement to paid personal leave whilst suspended from work due to vaccination status
Fair Work Commission upholds sacking over inappropriate memes
Fair Work finds Deliveroo rider to be an employee: What does this mean for the gig economy?
Family and Domestic Violence Leave Becomes a National Employment Standard
Fast Food Industry: How the 2017 Penalty Rates Decision Will Affect Your Business
Federal Court Grants Temporary Injunction Restraining Employees
Federal Court Sheds Light on ‘guaranteed period’ for Guaranteed Annual Earnings Clauses
Federal Government Introduces Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave for All Employees
Federal Government set to scrap non-compete clauses for millions of workers
Festive Season Fun – Keep within the Boundaries
Festive season public holidays 2021- what do employers need to know?
First instalment of Closing Loopholes Bill Passes Parliament
Fleur Calvert and Nikola Prestia promoted to Associate
Flexible Work Requests under the Fair Work Act: Key Lessons from Recent FWC Decisions
Franchisor prosecuted for alleged underpayments of franchisee
Full Bench upholds decision that labour hire workers are entitled to redundancy despite continuing to work at the same site
Full Court of the Federal Court provides guidance on termination of employees with a disability
FWC allows tech advisor to continue to pursue unfair dismissal claim
FWC assesses new unfair contract terms regime for independent contractors for the first time
FWC Confirms No Leave Accrual For Employees During Lockouts
FWC Criticises Employer’s Mental Health Practices Following Sacking of Suicidal Worker
FWC finds BHP COVID-19 vaccination policy unreasonable due to failure to consult
FWC Finds Pharmacy Worker was Unfairly Dismissed After Making a Request for Family Domestic Violence Leave
FWC Makes First Determination Under New Intractable Bargaining Scheme
FWC sets aside unreasonable prohibition notice
Grave Consequences for Breach of Executive’s Employment Contract
Groping at Straws: No more excuses for ‘out of hours’ workplace sexual harassment
Handle with Care: Managing (and terminating) employees with mental health issues
Hear me out – dismissing an employee for misconduct
High Court awards $1.5 million for a termination in breach of contract which resulted in a psychiatric injury
High Court confirms Qantas Took Unlawful Adverse Action Against Employees to Prevent them from Exercising Future Workplace Rights
High Court finds workplace stops at the bedroom door
High Court reinforces importance of good contracts in determining who is a contractor or employee
High Court Sweeps Implied Term In To The Dust Bin of History
High Court: ‘SCABS’ Sign Protestor Lawfully Dismissed
High Income Threshold Increases For The New Financial Year
Hospitality Industry: How the 2017 Penalty Rates Decision Will Affect Your Business
How not to conduct an internal investigation: when can your company’s internal investigation process actually increase your liability?
How to Manage Poor Performers and the Associated Risk of an Adverse Action Claim
How Unreasonable Can Reasonable Redeployment Be?
HR Legal is Thrilled to Announce Four Promotions, Effective 1 January 2025
HR Legal is Thrilled to Announce Three Promotions, Effective 1 January 2024
HR Legal is Thrilled to Announce Two Promotions, Effective 1 July 2024
HR Legal is Thrilled to Announce Two Promotions, Effective 1 July 2025!
HR Legal Seminar Series 2015
HR Legal Seminar Series 2016: Be Empowered
HR Legal Welcomes New Team Members
Ignorance is not Bliss: ‘Unaware’ Directors Found Personally Liable for Underpayments
Impacts of Parental Leave on Businesses
Important Award changes regarding temporary workplace shutdowns
Important changes and clarification for how overtime is calculated for casuals under Modern Awards
Important Changes to Annualised Salary Provisions in Modern Awards
Increased Scrutiny in Pre-Tendering Procedures for Large Companies
Individual found to be employee, not contractor, despite providing invoices
Injured workers: Conducting an independent assessment can be critical
Is asking female colleagues to “get the coffees” discriminatory?
Is Working from Home a Workplace Right?
Just Desserts: Is an injury sustained by an employee at a networking function a work-related injury?
Keeping You In The Loop: Will The ‘Same Job, Same Pay’ Changes Be the Death of Labour Hire?
Labour hire employee reinstated after being unfairly dismissed following client’s demand for his removal
Labour Hire Licensing Scheme Returns to South Australia
Large businesses to report on slavery risks
Late Application For Unfair Dismissal Accepted Due To Similar Seek Ad
Latest Proposed IR Changes Under The Closing Loopholes Bill
Latest Update on Senior Officers in Victorian Local Government
Look Before You Leap: How Can You Make Sure That An Employee Is Fit For Work?
Make No Mistake: Providing Access to a Proposed Enterprise Agreement
Managing Abandonment of Employment: A Guide for Employers
Managing festive misconduct: Tips for employers
Managing Mental Health and Performance During Extended Working from Home Periods
Managing the Unfair Dismissal Risks of Transferring Employees
MANDATORY VACCINATION: CAN I OR CAN’T I?
Mind your Accessories: Accessorial Liabilitiy
Mind your language – coping with the fallout of offensive behaviour
Minimum Wage Increase 2017 and Update on the Penalty Rates Decision
Minimum Wage Increase 2018
Minimum Wage Increase 2019
Minimum Wage Increase 2020
Minimum Wage Increase 2022
Minimum Wage Increase 2025
Minimum Wage Increased Today
Mock Court Hearings Help Employers Reduce Claims In The Workplace
More employment law changes on the horizon: What employers need to know about the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Protecting Worker Entitlements) Bill
More holes in the corporate veil – FWO v Step Ahead Security Services
Nathaniel Ganeson Promoted to Senior Associate
Navigating Australia Day 2026: Employer Obligations and Employee Rights
Navigating Labour Hire Dismissals: Insights from Rose Nagy v ProQuest Recruitment Pty Ltd
Navigating the Grey Area: Can you Suspend an Employee Without Pay if they are Unfit for Work?
Navigating The Interaction Between Annualised Wage Arrangements And Annual Salaries
NDAs for Workplace Sexual Harassment Restricted in Victoria: What Employers Need to Know
New Anti-Bullying Jurisdiction – Are You Ready?
New Bullying and Fair Work Act Changes become Law
New changes to annual leave for award covered employees
New Changes to Right of Entry Laws
New Changes To The Paid Parental Leave Act and Fair Work Act
New Employment Conditions Recap
New Labour Hire Laws Commencing Soon
New Labour Hire Laws Passed in Victoria
New Labour Hire Laws to Commence in Victoria
New Portable Long Service Leave Scheme Has Commenced In Victoria
NEWS FLASH: Rossato decision overturned by the High Court
Nikola Prestia Promoted to Partner
Nikola Prestia promoted to Senior Associate
No room for bullies in the workplace
No tolerance for being “dopey”
Occupational Violence and Aggression and Mandatory Vaccination Requirements
Off-Setting Rules a Cure for Employers’ Fears of Casual Costs
One too many breaches: Termination deemed fair for repeated breaches of policies and procedures
Open To Interpretation: Employer Trips Personal Leave Landmine in Enterprise Agreement
Order to pay senior employee $5.2 million after being dismissed for making bullying complaints quashed
Out Of The Office But Still Part Of The Workplace
Overseas “Independent Contractors” Found to Be Employees: Recent Developments and Risks for Australian Employers
Pandemic driven changes to Restaurant Award, Retail Award and Hospitality Award
Penalty Imposed: Harsh Fines for Denial of Parental Leave Entitlement
Penalty Rates Cuts: Great News for Australian Businesses
Performance Management – How to Get it Right
Phoebe Strauch Promoted to Partner
Phoebe Tolich promoted to Senior Associate
Phoebe Tolich promoted to Special Counsel
Post COVID-19: The ‘Great Resignation’, Staff Shortages And How To Attract And Retain Top Talent
Promoting Awareness: The line between reasonable and injurious management action
Proposed Changes to Gender Equality Reporting Requirements
Proposed Changes to Parental Leave under the Fair Work Act
Proposed industrial relations reforms introduced into Parliament this week
Proposed Mental Health Changes To Victorian OHS Regulations
Protections for Victims of Family and Domestic Violence now in force under all modern awards
Public Holidays and Easter Pay: What are your obligations?
Qantas to Pay $170k in Compensation to 3 Sacked Workers in Landmark Case
Qualifying Period v Probationary Period: What’s the difference?
Recruitment Risk: Disability discrimination in the hiring process
Redundancies During Pregnancy and Maternity Leave Not Always Discriminatory Says Federal Court
Redundancy and Redeployment: Your Obligations
Redundancy during parental leave – Know the risks!
Rejected Annual Leave Application is Not an Open Door for Sick Leave
Remember, Superannuation Rates Change Tomorrow
Respect@Work – Managing Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Restaurant Industry: How the 2017 Penalty Rates Decision Will Affect Your Business
Restraint of Trade Clauses – Are Yours Drafted Correctly?
Restructures and redundancies – the perils of getting the process wrong
Retail Industry: How the 2017 Penalty Rates Decision Will Affect Your Business
Risk Management Funding-You May Be Eligible to Claim before 30 June 2015
Sacked for being obese? Yes and no …
Sacking One Half Of A Feuding Duo Not Considered Unfair
Sacking The Office ‘Weirdo’
Safe at Work, Safe at Home: Domestic violence policies and your business
Season’s Greetings from HR Legal
Secret recordings of conversations in the workplace
Secretly recording conversations in the workplace: Is it lawful?
Senior employee wins $5.2 million payout in general protections claim after being dismissed for making bullying complaints
Sick and Tired: How to deal with an employee on extended sick leave
Significant Changes to be made to Long Service Leave in Victoria
Single Touch Payroll: The New ATO Reporting System
Social Media and your business: Be proactive not reactive
State of Emergency: Employee rights to leave in the face of bushfire crisis
Stop sexual harassment orders can be made to the FWC from 11 November 2021
Stronger Protections For Migrant Workers: What Employers Need To Know
Sudden Changes to Public Holidays in Victoria – Christmas Comes Early
Supporting Support Workers: FWC Approves First Contested Bargaining Order in Disability Sector
Surveillance in the Workplace
Terminating an Independent Contractor – Are you at risk of an adverse action claim?
The Bash before Christmas: Christmas party perils and how to avoid them
The Commission has its say: What Constitutes Bullying?
The Cost Of Workplace Sexual Harassment: Be Prepared For Six Figure Payouts
The Fair Work Commission provides important clarity on casual employment and the inconsistency between the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and modern awards
The FWC confirms there is no power to reinstate labour hire worker to host employer’s site
The Gig Is Up: Key Decision For The Future Of The Gig-Economy
The Human Resources Checklist: HR Legal’s checklist to starting – and continuing – 2017 on the right note
The Importance of Paying on Time
The Loopholes Have Closed – Closing Loopholes Bill No.2 Passed by Parliament
The Office Christmas Party: “Ho Ho Ho” or “Oh Oh No”
The Only ‘Bully’ Was The Applicant, Says FWC
The Rise of Employment Law Class Actions
The Truth About 5 Common Workplace Myths
Thinking about terminating a long-term injured worker’s employment? Be careful before you do
Travel travesty: Employer forced to pay employee travel time
Turnover of Custom: Significant Ruling on Redundancy Entitlements
Under Pressure: Employer liable for psychological condition caused by high workload
Understanding Post-Employment Restraints: Insights from Monarch Advisory Group Pty Ltd v Puxty
Understanding Public Holiday Entitlements ahead of the 2023 Holiday Season
Understanding your employment record-keeping obligations
Unfairly dismissed for behaving badly at staff Christmas party
Union Logo a No Go
Union Right of Entry – Employers Beware!
Unions Can Only Seek Clauses In EAs That “Pertain” To The Employment Relationship
Upcoming Superannuation Increases, 10% and Beyond
Update 1: Advice for Employers Dealing with Coronavirus
Update 10: Stage 4 Restrictions – What do metropolitan Melbourne employers need to know?
Update 11: Changes to the JobKeeper Rules; more employees qualify
Update 12: JobKeeper 2.0 extension passes through Parliament
Update 13: Changes to the JobKeeper Rules; new turnover test and reduction of payment rates
Update 14: JobMaker Hiring Credit announced in 2020-21 Budget
Update 15: Action to take with Victorian 7 day Lockdown
Update 2: Employment Law Issues with Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Update 3: Employment Law Issues with Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Update 4: Legislative Changes – JobKeeper Wage Support, Award Variations for COVID-19
Update 5: JobKeeper Legislation
Update 6: JobKeeper Rules
Update 7 – JobKeeper Changes and Decline in Turnover Test Rules
Update 8: Important Reminders for Employers in the Current Surge in COVID-19 Cases
Update 9: Mandatory face coverings – What do Victorian employers need to know?
Update on Flexible Work Obligations
Update on the Engagement of Senior Officers in Victorian Local Government
Update: High Court overturns Mondelez decision; clarifies what constitutes a day of personal leave
Update: Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements fall away in Victoria
Update: VCAT awards $12,000 to home-schooling mother who was replaced with a more ‘reliable’ employee
Updates to Industrial Manslaughter Offences
Victoria trials paid sick leave for casual workers
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal awards $150,000 in damages to worker sexually harassed and assaulted in the workplace
Victorian OH&S legislation amended to specifically address labour hire relationships
Victorian Psychosocial Regulations: What Employers Need to Know
Video Surveillance in the Workplace: Can it be used to dismiss an employee?
Violence and threats of violence are unacceptable in the workplace
Vocational Placement, Intern or Employee?
Vulnerable Workers or Vulnerable Employers? New Laws Increase Penalties and Exposure for Business
WA Engineer Fined For Unsafe Plant Design
Wage theft to become a crime in Victoria
Wage Theft Update: Criminal Liability to commence in Victoria this week
What can employees eggs-pect to be paid over Easter?
What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor? Terminating Employment for Breach of Company Drug and Alcohol Policy
What Employers Need to Know About the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill
What Employers Should Know About the Final Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill
What happens if employees refuse to come to work but still want to claim JobKeeper payments?
What is a “seven day shiftworker”?
What’s in a day? Federal Court clarifies what constitutes a ‘day’ for personal leave purposes
When can an employer issue a lawful and reasonable direction?
When can deductions be made from an employee’s pay?
When Can you Demote an Employee?
When Can You Employ Children?
When do Performance Concerns Justify Dismissal?
When does “reasonable performance management” stop being… reasonable?
When does out of hours conduct become a workplace issue?
When is it unlawful to discriminate based on an employee’s criminal record?
When Pigs Fly: Flight attendant sacked for sexual harassment, claim for reinstatement deemed futile
When Should Independent Contractors Receive Superannuation?
When Workplace Investigations Go Wrong
Which Modern Award Applies To My Business?
Whistleblower Protections Commenced 1 July 2019
Who Is Excluded From Bringing An Unfair Dismissal Claim? The List Just Got Wider
Why didn’t you call? Changes to Notice of Employee Representational Rights wipes out common but fatal phone number mistake
Will there be a minimum wage increase in 2020?
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION & COVID-19: WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW INCLUDING COVID-19 VACCINE CLAIMS SCHEME
Workers’ compensation case emphasises that family and domestic violence is a workplace issue
Working For Another Employer Whilst On Annual Leave? That’s OK, Says The FWC
WorkPac v Rossato – Implications for casual employment
Workplace Delegates and the Right to be Represented
Workplace Investigations: Do You Owe Duty Of Care To Your Employees?
Workplace Manslaughter Laws Now a Reality for Victorian Employers
Workplace Safety Update – Industrial Manslaughter
Workplace Shut Downs and Public Holidays: Preparing for the 2022-2023 Festive Season
Zombie Agreement Update

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