Employment, Safety & Education Updates

22 July 2024

Introducing Lavan’s Migration Practice | Case Law Update

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 March 2024

Working From Home: Honest Flexibility Or A Holiday In Disguise?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

26 October 2023

Court Bursts Managing Director’s Bubble For Underpayments

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

10 August 2023

High Court Finds Employer Not Responsible For Urination In Shared Accommodation

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

25 July 2023

Cleaner’s Allegations Of Bullying Turn Out To Be Trash and Case Alert: Public Holidays To Be Reviewed By The High Court

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

13 June 2023

Knead-To-Know: HR Manager Found Personally Liable After Hasty Sacking Of Pizza Production Worker

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

14 March 2023

Employers Too Quick To Dismiss For Isolated Misconduct

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

16 January 2023

Key changes made to the Fair Work Act 2009 by the “Secure Jobs, Better Pay” Act

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 November 2022

Adverse Action ‘Decision-Makers’ And Update On Enterprise Bargaining Developments

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

09 September 2022

Key Changes Made To The Long Service Leave Act

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

19 July 2022

Migration Update For Employers: PR For Short-Term TSS Visa Holders & Workforce Australia

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

11 July 2022

Enough is Enough: Implications Of The Parliamentary Inquiry Into Sexual Harassment Against Women In The FIFO Mining Industry

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

01 June 2022

Mandatory Influenza Vaccinations – The New Norm?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

22 April 2022

Intolerance of Criminal Record Results in Workplace Dismissal

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

18 February 2022

Lavan Alert: If the contract says it should quack like a duck, it is a duck

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

16 February 2022

Dismissal for refusing to provide vaccination status

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

09 February 2022

Migration Update For Employers: Australia's Borders Finally Reopening

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

14 October 2021

Flexibility in the workplace was too much of a stretch

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

19 July 2021

Social media and its connection to employment

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

12 April 2021

Job Enquiry Results in Discrimination Payout

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

02 March 2021

Can a casual employee be too “casual”?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 October 2020

Personal/Carer's leave: High Court calls it a "day"

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

14 August 2020

Deregistration no barrier to determining unfair dismissal

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

12 June 2020

A casual shock to employers - the Rossato decision

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

09 April 2020

New Safety Laws are coming soon - What does this mean for your business?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 March 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE - Employment perspective

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

14 February 2020

Refusing to work overtime - whose right is that?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

13 June 2019

Abusing the process – can “stop bullying” orders thwart disciplinary action?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

18 April 2019

When “alpha male” behaviour crosses the line to sexual harassment

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

12 April 2019

Just an “alpha male” or a perpetrator of sexual harassment?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 February 2019

New Year, New Updates in Industrial Relations!

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

31 October 2018

Is employment law about to catch up with the gig economy?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

25 September 2018

The decision that could redefine casual employment

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 June 2018

Unpaid Domestic Violence Leave: A new unpaid entitlement for employees

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

18 April 2018

Payroll Reporting to the ATO is mandatory from 1 July 2018 - Are you ready?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

14 March 2018

Qualifying periods vs probationary periods of employment: how different are they?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 February 2018

Modern slavery

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

20 October 2017

New laws provide greater protections for workers

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 September 2017

Working from home: Beware the employee dressed as a contractor

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 August 2017

Accountants and professional advisors: are you liable for the wrongdoing of your client?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

23 June 2017

Changes to employer’s obligations from 1 July: Are you ready?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 May 2017

New Commonwealth Building Code: will you be compliant in time?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

18 April 2017

Anti-bullying order stops misconduct investigation

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

05 April 2017

Is working overseas “continuous” for the purposes of the Long Service Leave Act?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

14 February 2017

How far can employers intrude into employees' private lives?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

09 November 2016

Commission confirms that there is no contractual right to dismiss “at will” in Australia

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

18 August 2016

Workplace investigations and the Security and Related Activities (Control) Act

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

11 July 2016

Bully manager costs employer over $400,000

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

13 May 2016

Long Service Leave - does it apply to service overseas?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 February 2016

Adverse Action – the boundaries may be expanding

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

02 November 2015

Out of sight, not out of mind - beware the 457 visa

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

25 September 2015

Social media in the workplace

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

04 June 2015

Fit for Work or Not Fit for Work

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

02 April 2015

Unpaid interns become expensive work experience for an employer

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

25 February 2015

Harassment policy found to be contractual and binding on the employer

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

10 December 2014

Christmas functions with a legal hangover

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

08 October 2014

High Court rejects implied term of mutual trust and confidence

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

26 August 2014

Bargaining Notices - how much information is too much?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

12 June 2014

School responsible for parents’ nervous shock

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 May 2014

The new bullying legislation - the first five months

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 April 2014

Social media in the workplace – traps for employers and employees alike

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 April 2014

Bullying roundup

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 February 2014

Employment snippets for employers – three common misconceptions

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

12 December 2013

Christmas functions and the aftermath

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

21 November 2013

Be careful what you “induce or encourage” an employee to do

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

20 November 2013

What is bundled consent?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

16 October 2013

Implement your bullying policy or take the consequences

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

04 September 2013

Redundancy under the Fair Work Commission spotlight

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

19 June 2013

Adverse action and workplace safety

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 April 2013

Employment law wrap up

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

02 April 2013

Social media: the trapdoor opens

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

26 October 2012

Internet policy breached but employees reinstated

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

08 October 2012

Breach of mutual trust and confidence results in significant damages

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

07 September 2012

High Court defines scope of adverse action

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

03 September 2012

Employer avoids liability with effective application of sexual harassment policy

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

01 August 2012

High Court set to rule on adverse action

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

03 July 2012

Time off work on workers’ compensation benefits is “continuous service”

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

31 May 2012

Medical certificates from employees lead to their dismissal

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

26 April 2012

Employer company was a ‘sham’

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 March 2012

No social media policy results in employee reinstatement

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

03 February 2012

Western Australia waits a while for national workplace OHS law

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

15 December 2011

The good, the bad and the ugly: staff Christmas parties

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 November 2011

Adverse action under the Fair Work Act

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 November 2011

Facebook and the workplace

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 October 2011

Teacher sued about classroom comments

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

28 September 2011

Safety breaches result in employee dismissals

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

26 August 2011

Community service - the employer's obligations

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

28 July 2011

Christmas time dismissal proves costly for text message employer

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

30 June 2011

Do your records stack up?

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

17 June 2011

Misuse of employers' property

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 May 2011

The new Federal Occupational Health and Safety legislation: practical steps

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 May 2011

The new Federal OHS laws: practical steps that are required

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

21 May 2011

Disability discrimination: Walker v The State of Victoria

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 April 2011

‘Adverse action’ – the expanding trap

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 February 2011

The new Federal OHS laws: Expanded duties and substantial increased penalties

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

28 January 2011

'Adverse action' against independent contractors

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

09 December 2010

Christmas cheer without too much beer

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

28 October 2010

Adverse Action –the hidden sting in the Fair Work Act

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

05 October 2010

Work functions, private time and the boundaries

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 August 2010

Failure to follow dismissal policy results in compensation to employee

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 July 2010

Adverse action tested under the Fair Work Act 2009

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 June 2010

'Guarantee of Annual Earnings' agreements

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

04 June 2010

BREAKING NEWS - Annual Wage Review 2010

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 May 2010

Paid parental leave almost a reality

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

19 April 2010

Employee's disregard of safety procedures results in dismissal

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

04 March 2010

Miscellaneous Award for Miscellaneous Workers

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

10 February 2010

Reasonable additional hours of work

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

10 December 2009

Fair Work Information Statement

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

27 November 2009

CASE NOTE: Ryan v Premachandran [2009] NSWSC 1186 (6 November 2009)

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

30 October 2009

Good Faith Bargaining gets some definition

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

01 September 2009

Dismissal of hospital photographer ends in order for re-employment

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

20 July 2009

Sham Dismissal results in $466,000 damages award

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

29 May 2009

Contractor with multiple clients still an employee

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

24 April 2009

Swearing about the Boss gets the Sack

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

06 March 2009

Redundancy - it can be expensive to cut expenditure

Employment, Safety & Education Updates

19 January 2009

Redeployed employees were not made redundant