Category: Legal
- Featured, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
Non-compete clauses are in the spotlight following significant legal developments in Australia and abroad. Could it be the time of reckoning for these restraints?
- Featured, How to's, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
Federal legislation passed in February creates a statutory definition of the employer-employee relationship – and it’s imperative that HR professionals review relevant contracts and working relationships sooner rather than later.
- Closing Loopholes Bill, Featured, Industrial relations, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
The Federal Court has imposed over $4 million in penalties against an employer for “deceitful and unscrupulous” wage theft. With the criminalisation of wage theft looming, now is the time to put legal safeguards in place to reduce underpayment risks.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
A recent FWC ruling provides important lessons for recruiters on essential legal considerations when engaging global talent.
- Featured, Industrial relations, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
With the Right to Disconnect legislation set to be implemented in just a few months’ time, an expert on the matter clears up some common misconceptions about what the changes mean for businesses.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Talent management
The Fair Work Commission has awarded compensation to an employee who was sacked for refusing to give up her decade-long work-from-home arrangement.
- Featured, Legal, Section, Talent management
A tribunal recently found an employee had been discriminated against for her “irrelevant” criminal record. What can HR learn from this case about managing candidates and employees with a criminal history?
- Featured, Legal, Section, Workforce Effectiveness
A range of employment law experts share some of the key legislation changes HR needs to be aware of in 2024 – from changes to wage theft laws and gender reporting requirements to new ways to engage with casual workers.
- Closing Loopholes Bill, Featured, Legal, Section
A right to disconnect and to work from home could soon become a reality in Australian businesses. Here’s how HR professionals can prepare.
- Featured, Legal, Section
The FWC recently ruled that an employee was eligible for general protections despite the absence of a written employment contract. What can HR learn from this decision?
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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, Organisational enablement
An employee was recently awarded over $36,000 by the Fair Work Commission due to flaws in her employer’s workplace investigation process. What can HR learn from this decision?
- Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
Several recent cases heard by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) suggest verbal agreements in the workplace can carry more legal weight than some employers realise.
- Diversity and Inclusion, Featured, Legal, Organisational enablement
In a climate where diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are under scrutiny, how can HR help ensure their organisation’s gender equality targets stay on track?
- Featured, Legal, Workplace Health and Safety
Social media may be considered part of the workplace for politicians, finds NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). Where can HR draw the line in terms of their legal obligations around an employee’s online activity?