Category: Legal
This landmark age discrimination case could set an important precedent for Australian employees.
Before terminating a casual employee, make sure you’ve done your due diligence to avoid breaching your legal obligations.
Technology is evolving at an ever-advancing pace, and HR needs to keep up. A legal expert outlines three emerging risks for employers to be across.
As of 6 June, a range of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill changes will be coming into effect, including the new multi-enterprise bargaining approach and changes to the handling of requests for flexible work and unpaid parental leave extensions.
Is your company’s social media policy and training process robust enough? It could be your saving grace in an unfair dismissal case.
The FWC has rejected an HR manager’s constructive dismissal claim after it found that changes to her responsibilities and reporting line did not amount to forced resignation. What can HR learn from this case?
Can an employee on an extended probation period file for unfair dismissal? Can the window to file a claim be extended? An employment law expert unpacks three common sources of confusion about the unfair dismissal process.
A Victorian branch of bakery franchise Muffin Break has been slapped with 360 criminal charges for alleged breaches of child labour laws. Here’s what HR needs to know about this case.
With the new psychosocial hazards at work Code of Practice enshrined into law, now is the time for employers to reconsider their approach to psychosocial risk. Here’s how one organisation is approaching the issue with the mindset that prevention is better than cure.
There are many changes to come out of the Fair Work Legislative Amendment, but here are three that HR needs to keep on their radar in coming months.
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HOW TO
A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
