We hope you enjoyed parts one and two from Lander & Rogers' three-part video series examining the age of #MeToo in Australian workplaces. In our third and final in the...
Does your organisation have a workplace culture of complicity? The Royal Commission shows the importance of implementing a “speak up” culture in the workplace
Welcome to the July 2018 issue of the Workplace Relations & Safety Bulletin!
In this short video, Aaron Goonrey and Thomson Reuters' Head of Human Resources, ANZ Linsey Simpson discuss the observed effects of #MeToo at work.
Following the 2014 Lacrosse fire in Victoria's Docklands and the tragic fire in London's Grenfell Tower in 2017, sharp focus has been brought to bear on the use of flammable...
The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has persuaded the Federal Circuit Court (FCC) in its first racial discrimination prosecution under Part 3-1 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act),...
In this short video, Aaron Goonrey and Thomson Reuters' Head of Human Resources, ANZ Linsey Simpson share their views on the changes in employee behaviour as a result of #MeToo.
Slavery is a real issue in Australia, and new legislation designed to tackle it will affect a surprising number of businesses. Here’s a breakdown of how.
The line between employee and contractor continues to be blurred in the gig economy. To avoid litigation, companies need to figure out how to classify workers.
In Brighton Australia Pty Ltd v Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 246 the Court held that a temporal limitation clause pleaded in defence to a claim for misleading and...
Visual contracts, where an employment agreement is conveyed partially or wholly by pictures, are now a thing. What are their benefits and risks? They say a picture paints a thousand...
The Fair Work Act 2009 requires the Fair Work Commission’s Expert Panel to conduct and complete a review of the national minimum wage (NMW) and minimum wages in modern awards...