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Employment Relations Podcast #45 – Employment Law For The Time Poor… Live!

Podcast on a wide ranging discussion touching on the latest hot-topics in employment and industrial relations.

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Harassment Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?

The Code aligns with broader work health and safety obligations, requiring employers to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety.

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Woolworths And Coles Underpayments

The Court's findings have significant implications for how employers should structure and document salary arrangements going forward.

Australia Employment

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MDC Legal

Landmark win for injured worker: workers' compensation weekly payments reinstated

This is a landmark decision for Tasmanian workers, clarifying how employers may (and may not) lawfully terminate weekly payments.

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Rights And Obligations Under Workplace Policies

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Set-off Clauses Under Scrutiny: A Major Wakeup Call For Employers

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

Supermarket Giants Vs Fair Work Ombudsman: Employer Takeaways From Landmark Federal Court Decision

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Barry Nilsson

Landmark Federal Court decision raises the bar on salary set-offs and record-keeping: what employers need to know

Australia Employment

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Walter Baden

Navigating The Implications Of The Supermarkets Ruling: A Guide For Employers

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

Labour Hire Arrangement Orders: What You Must Know

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Grocery giants' pay practices don't check-out: Lessons from the recent Woolworths and Coles decision

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Employee or contractor?

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Disability Discrimination Lawyer: Your Rights As A PWD

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JB Solicitors

Unfair contract claims – and the gig economy

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Crime Rates in Sydney: Suburbs with the Highest and Lowest Rates

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

What Happens When An Employee Runs Out Of Sick Leave?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Blockchain Bites: NASDAQ Bets On Blockchain With Tokenised Stocks And ETFs; ASIC Mints Regulatory Relief For AFSL Licensed Stablecoins; Binance Nears Agreement To End US Monitorship

Australia Technology

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Piper Alderman

It's Not All Zoom And Gloom: Balancing An Employee's 'Right To Privacy'

Australia Privacy

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Gilchrist Connell

Fair Work Commission Backs Employee in Remote Work Dispute with Westpac

Australia Employment

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McCabes

Contractor or Employee: Why Is It Important to Understand the Difference?

This article will explain the differences between employees and contractors, helping you avoid tax and legal risks.

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LegalVision

One year on: lessons for employers from the Closing Loopholes legislation

A year since many of the changes from the Closing Loopholes legislation came in effect, here are the key takeaways for employers.

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

Employees over contractors: the redeployment preference?

Under the FW Act, a dismissal will not be unfair if the dismissal is a case of genuine redundancy.

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

Federal Court ruling limits use of set-off clauses for annual salaries of award-covered employees

This decision makes clear that an obligation to pay entitlements owing under an award can only be satisfied by paying the relevant amount within the relevant pay period.

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Federal Court Decision Limits Effective Use of Set-Off in Contractual Annual Salary Arrangements

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Employment Law In Australia - An Overview

Australia Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Exactly what is employment law? Piecing together the employment law jigsaw puzzle

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

"By poaching our clients after he left, he breached the restraint clause in his employment contract" – which case won?

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

No employment, No liability: The NSWCA on foster carers and vicarious responsibility

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Twist of fate: A painful lesson in liability

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

NSW Court of Appeal finds Uber liable for $81m Payroll Tax Assessment

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Pointon Partners

Legal Considerations for Engaging Overseas Contractors vs. Local Contractors

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

Safety-net Changes For Degree-qualified Workers: When Something You Didn't Know About Can Hurt You

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Excessive Hours And Other Breaches See Employer Ordered To Pay Over $59,000 Compensation And Penalties

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

NSW Court of Appeal finds Uber liable for $81m Payroll Tax Assessment

Uber found liable for $81m in payroll tax, ruling its drivers supply services to Uber, with broad implications for contractor-based businesses.

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Pointon Partners

Legal Considerations for Engaging Overseas Contractors vs. Local Contractors

This article will discuss the various advantages, disadvantages and risks you need to consider when hiring overseas contractors.

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LegalVision

Safety-net Changes For Degree-qualified Workers: When Something You Didn't Know About Can Hurt You

Fair Work Commission to take into account the need to achieve gender equality in the workplace and eliminating gender-based undervaluation.

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Excessive Hours And Other Breaches See Employer Ordered To Pay Over $59,000 Compensation And Penalties

Australian Institute has found that on average, employees are completing 3.6 hours of unpaid overtime a week.

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Dismissal Decisions And Mental Health Issues – What Do You Need To Be Aware Of As An Employer?

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Employee sues for $780k after alleged breach of Right to Disconnect

Courts are facing the first public test of how this new right is to be interpreted and implemented.

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

FWC says fighting in the workplace can be justified

There is no presumption that fighting in the workplace will automatically mean that a dismissal is fair.

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Kennedys

Coldplay controversy exposes HR vulnerability in leadership relationships

Implementing measures and sensible policies is the best way to be prepared for similar workplace relationship scenarios.

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Swaab

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

Debate about workplace relationships and what employers can and can't do when private lives intersect with professional roles.

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Swaab

7 Common Questions About Workplace Relationships

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Can my employer dismiss me over a social media post?

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

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

Australia Employment

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McCarthy Durie Lawyers

When Do I Need To Pay Termination Entitlements?

Australia Employment

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

No clause, no comfort: Court reinforces implied notice obligations for employers

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

The Importance of up-to-date terms and conditions

Australia Employment

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Watkins Tapsell

South Australia DAMAs: Overview & Updates

Australia Immigration

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Roam Migration Law

Exposure to toxic chemicals increases cancer risk for firefighters

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

Employment law changes: What you need to know

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

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

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

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Big win – first time father entitled to paid parental leave as primary carer

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Portable Long Service Leave Scheme To Commence In The New South Wales Community Services Industry

Australia Employment

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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

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

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Swaab

Employment Relations Podcast #42 – What could the proposed ban on "non-competes" mean for Australian employers?

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Piper Alderman

Key updates: new workplace laws

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Avant Law

What is the distinction between employees and contractors?

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Cooper Grace Ward

It Depends – Do I need to pay compulsory superannuation to my contractors?

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Cooper Grace Ward

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