Category: Legal
- Featured, How to's, Legal, Section
Executed appropriately, an office Christmas party is an excellent chance to foster connections and mark the year’s accomplishments. Nevertheless, it’s crucial to be mindful of certain legal liabilities associated with these events.
- Featured, Legal, Section
The Federal Court has ordered a Sydney jeweller to pay a record sum in damages after finding its owner had sexually harassed one of his employees. Here’s what HR needs to know.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Strategic HR
A worker’s dismissal for sharing explicit images with his colleagues has been overturned by the FWC due to a lack of procedural fairness. What can HR learn from this case?
- Featured, Legal, Section, Strategic HR
A recent FWC case has drawn attention to the legal complications that can arise when an employer discovers one of their workers is looking for another job.
- Featured, Legal, Section
A recent FWC case has highlighted that employers are subject to general protections claims even when a worker is employed on trial or probation status.
- Featured, Flexible work, Legal, Section
In a recent decision, the Fair Work Commission ruled that an employee working remotely without their manager’s permission constituted a valid reason for dismissal.
- Featured, Legal, Section
A mechanic who suffered an out-of-work injury has been granted damages after his employer’s “clumsy” handling of his return to work. Here are HR’s key takeaways from this case.
- Enterprise bargaining, Featured, Industrial relations, Legal, Section
Criminalising wage theft and industrial manslaughter, and stronger protections for gig economy workers. Here are the big-ticket items in the government’s Closing Loopholes Bill.
- Employment law, Featured, Legal, Section
The government plans to introduce reforms to make it easier for casual workers to convert to permanent employment if they choose. What will these changes mean for HR?
- Featured, Legal, Section
Even if you don’t verbalise a termination to an employee, your actions can still land you in hot water.
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- Featured, How to's, Trusted partnership
A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
- Featured, How to's, Section, Talent management
Keep these tips in mind to ensure your organisation’s probation periods go beyond being a tick-box exercise and become a driver of strong culture and high performance.
- Featured, How to's, Section, Trusted partnership
From building your case in advance to avoiding the trap of false politeness, use these strategies to help you engage in constructive dissent at the executive level.
LEGAL
- Featured, Legal, Workforce Effectiveness
A case currently before the Federal Circuit Court highlights the dangers of cutthroat, “win at all costs” work cultures. But where do courts draw the line between a competitive culture and a psychosocially unsafe work environment?
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
Ahead of a report into the latest Closing Loopholes legislation, we ask an expert lawyer to explain the casual conversion rules in their current form.
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
NSW has significantly raised the legal stakes for workplace health and safety compliance, including the management of psychosocial risks. Here’s what the changes mean in practice, and their implications for employers across Australia.
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
The new financial year will bring changes to pay, superannuation, parental leave, psychosocial risk management and more. Here’s what these changes will mean in practice for HR.
