Category: Legal
- Featured, Legal, Section, Talent management, Workforce Effectiveness
A new High Court decision confirms that, when considering whether to redeploy an employee due to a redundancy, an employer must consider opportunities broadly – including roles performed by contractors or labour hire workers.
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What if a flexible work request is based on preference rather than a genuine need? A recent FWC case offers important lessons for employers on balancing legal obligations, business needs and employee expectations.
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A recent incident involving a “kiss cam” at a Coldplay concert earlier this month has drawn attention to the complications of workplace relationships. A legal expert answers common questions about managing relationships between employees.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
Complex performance management issues often require HR to coach managers in how to help employees cope with uncomfortable challenges. Understanding the role of a reasonable management plan is key to this.
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Legal, Section
Defendants in bullying and harassment cases sometimes claim their behaviour was simply reflective of their workplace culture. But how much weight does this defence carry in the eyes of the law?
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A legal expert outlines what these new privacy invasion laws mean for business and how HR can help leaders remain compliant.
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Industrial relations, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
The first public test of the right to disconnect legislation is drawing close attention from business leaders – particularly with small businesses set to come under the new rules from August 2025.
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Restructuring a role without ending employment raises complex legal questions for HR. Here are four factors to keep in mind when dealing with a partial redundancy.
- Featured, Industrial relations, Legal, Organisational enablement, Section
A new report has shed light on the impact of recent legislative changes on Australian workplaces, including the right to disconnect. How are the changes being received, and where are employers seeing the biggest gains?
- Featured, Health, wellbeing and safety, Legal, Organisational enablement, Section
Two recent FWC cases highlight the delicate balance HR must strike when performance management and dismissal decisions involve employees with mental health concerns.
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A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
