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Do employers have to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) in NSW?

What is PPE? Definitions, obligations, consequences of non-compliance with PPE obligations & workers' rights if appropriate PPE is not provided.

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Responding with compassion when it matters most

Highlights importance of proactive workplace suicide postvention planning & support/

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Twist of fate: A painful lesson in liability

Defendant may be found vicariously liable for the negligent conduct of its employees, even if they are unqualified.

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Drug And Alcohol Testing In The Workplace: What You Need To Know

Workplace drug & alcohol testing ensures safety, with employer policies enforcing tests & positive results potentially leading to discipline or dismissal.

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Inside Safety Podcast Series - Episode 2 Spotlight On Silica – Recent Developments And Trends

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employee Awarded $305k In Record Sexual Harassment Payout

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Use Of AI And Automation In The Workplace To Be Regulated In NSW Under Further WHS Reforms

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Understanding your workers' compensation rights for musculoskeletal injuries

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Receiving a WorkCover Notice of Assessment – Queensland

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Employment law, litigation: High Court expands scope for damages in termination cases: Elisha v Vision Australia Ltd

Australia Employment

MD

McCarthy Durie Lawyers

Managing Cross Border Sexual Harassment Investigations In Australia And Asia––10 Key Considerations For Employers (Part 3)

Worldwide Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Exposure to toxic chemicals increases cancer risk for firefighters

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

"Twenty pegs wouldn't have done it": questions posed by the Tasmanian jumping castle accident

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

Employers Beware – $100,000 Fine for Failing to Ensure Safe and Appropriate Workplace

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Inside Employment Podcast Series - Investigations, Part 1 - What's The Fuss With Whistleblowing Investigations? (Video)

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Visa Rules When Changing Employer Sponsors

Australia Immigration

IL

Interstaff Immigration Agency

Demystifying Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission (Video)

Australia Criminal

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Dismissal upheld: employee breaches employer's directions while recovering from illness

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Keeping Up With ESG In Australia – August 2025

Australia Environment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Employment law changes: What you need to know

Reforms aim to enhance worker protections, improve workplace fairness, and modernise compliance obligations for employers.

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil: NCAT dismisses disability discrimination complaint because applicant failed to disclose disability

Employers to ensure that not only are there adequate systems in place to report workplace incidents.

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Medical examinations and lawful directions reaffirmed: when non-compliance constitutes serious misconduct

Ability of employers to direct employees to undergo medical examinations and clarifies when employee refusal can amount to serious misconduct.

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Workplace relations changes effective 1 July 2025

Fair Work Commission (FWC) has released their annual update for workplace and employment law.

Australia Employment

CG

Coleman Greig Lawyers

2025 Employment And Workplace Relations In Australia Legal Guide

Australia Employment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Workplace surveillance could be changing – what do employers need to know?

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Victorian workplace surveillance and privacy reforms on the horizon

Australia Employment

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Psychological injuries at the centre of WHS reforms

Australia Employment

B

Barry Nilsson

Common law claims after a workplace injury in Queensland

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

What Today's Employees Really Want: Updating Your Business Offering for 2025

Australia Employment

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Worrells

From final warning to Fair Work Commission – the risks of internal investigations for employee misconduct

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

HR Leaders – Vulnerable and Exposed

Australia Employment

M

McCabes

A guide to Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) in workers' compensation claims Queensland

Australia Litigation

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Over $400,000 in compensation and penalties ordered against employer for unlawful adverse action

Australia Employment

PP

Pointon Partners

From final warning to Fair Work Commission – the risks of internal investigations for employee misconduct

Murphy v Xavier College Limited [2025] FWC 1284

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

HR Leaders – Vulnerable and Exposed

HR leaders are facing more pressure, scrutiny and increased personal exposure.

Australia Employment

M

McCabes

A guide to Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs) in workers' compensation claims Queensland

Understanding IME's is crucial for managing your worker's compensation claim effectively.

Australia Litigation

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Over $400,000 in compensation and penalties ordered against employer for unlawful adverse action

Importance of genuinely investigating employee complaints, especially those involving discrimination or workplace bullying.

Australia Employment

PP

Pointon Partners

Working In The Heat – Workers' Compensation And Employee Rights In Queensland

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Strata owners corporation convicted over site death

A strata owners corporation of commercial premises was recently convicted in the NSW District Court after a damaged heavy gate fell on a worker.

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

Police PTSD compensation claims

Every year hundreds of police employees are medically discharged with psychological workers compensation claims.

Australia Employment

S

Stacks Law Firm

Farm injuries show safety must be taken seriously

Work on farms accounts for one in every five workplace deaths in NSW.

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

Workers' compensation claims Queensland - your rights regarding medical treatment

It is important that injured workers have a good understanding of their options following a workplace injury.

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Australian Government Releases Work Health And Safety (Sexual And Gender-Based Harassment) Code Of Practice 2025

Australia Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

The price of safety – breaking the rules might break the bank

Australia Employment

BP

Bartier Perry

Payroll Tax, Amnesties And Related Developments For Health Practices

Australia Employment

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Updates to psychosocial regulations in Australia

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Recent And Emerging Employment Law Changes Impacting Australian Employers

Australia Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

WorkSafe prosecution and fines

Australia Employment

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PCL Lawyers

Ensuring workplace safety compliance: key considerations for employers

Australia Employment

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PCL Lawyers

Company fined for safety breach in high-pressure blasting accident

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Bullying or Reasonable Management Action – the Stop Bullying Jurisdiction

Australia Employment

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McCabes

Lessons for Employers– How failure to consult on workplace policy led to reinstatement of intoxicated worker

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Case summary: Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer v Sako [2025] NSWCA 12 – the uninsured liability scheme and dust disease claims

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Adaptation is more than work history

Australia Employment

M

McCabes

Education Law Notes – Term 1, 2025

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Do You Have Employees Working In Queensland? What You Need To Know About The New Sexual Harassment Prevention Plan Requirements Effective March 1, 2025

Australia Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Spotlight on: Northern NSW Local Health Network v Heggie [2013] NSWCA 255 – disciplinary action taken without proper consideration of the workers response is unreasonable

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

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Roam Migration Law

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Level Twenty Seven Chambers

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Holman Webb Lawyers

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Carroll & O'Dea

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