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Employee Performance Improvement Plan: What You Need To Know

A Performance Improvement Plan is a formal, supportive tool designed to bridge the gap between an employee's current performance and the standard required for their role.

Australia Employment

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Labour Agreements For Australian Businesses: Options Beyond Standard Sponsorship

A labour agreement is a formal, binding agreement between an Australian employer (or industry body or regional authority) and the Commonwealth.

Australia Employment

RM

Roam Migration Law

Local Council Liable To Employee For Psychiatric Injury From Fake Email

This decision serves as a reminder that employers may be liable for injuries to their employees occasioned by a malevolent act of a third party.

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

The Cost Of Control: Host-employer Liable For Injured Labour-hire Worker

Host employers should be careful to ensure there is a safe system of work in place, and this system of work is actively enforced.

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

No control, no excuse: Non-delegable duties in labour hire arrangements

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Asked To Work Christmas And Other Public Holidays? Do I Have To? The Federal Court Provides Some Clarity

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Beyond Policy – The FWC Reinforces The Duty To Genuinely Consider Flexible Work Arrangements

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Employment contract lawyer: How can they help you?

Australia Employment

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JB Solicitors

Can an employer refuse your resignation?

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

"Baby Priya" amendment passes – new law protects paid parental leave after infant loss

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Employment Contract Set-off Clauses

Australia Employment

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HHG Legal Group

Supporting Parents Through Loss: The Fair Work Amendment (Baby Priya's) Bill 2025

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

Baby Priya's Bill: Protecting Paid Parental Leave

Australia Employment

HL

HHG Legal Group

Planning In Agriculture: Securing Skilled Talent Without Legal Risks

Australia Employment

RM

Roam Migration Law

Cross Examining Cyber EP19: Cross Examining Carolyn Pugsley, Christine Wong And Peter Jones (Podcast)

Australia Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

ESSENTIAL ESG SPECIAL EDITION - Responsible AI Governance: Emerging Legal Risks And Regulatory Trends

Australia Technology

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

It Depends – What Is A Direct Descendants Trust And Is It Appropriate For My Client?

Australia Family

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Cooper Grace Ward

Insights Into Property And Debt Market

Australia Real Estate

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Cathro & Partners

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

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Flexible Work Arrangements: Process And Evidence Matter – Chandler V Westpac Explained

Fair Work Commission clarifies the obligations of employers when responding to employee requests for flexible work arrangements under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

What The Westpac Flexible Work Ruling Really Means For employers

For HR practitioners, this case underscores a broader tension between organisational control and employee autonomy.

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Karlene Chandler V Westpac Banking Corporation [2025] FWC 3115 – Westpac Ordered To Grant Remote Work Request – Flexible Work Obligations Under The Spotlight

This decision reinforces the FWC's expectations that employers must take flexible work requests seriously.

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

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

PA

Piper Alderman

Harassment Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?

Australia Employment

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Woolworths And Coles Underpayments

Australia Employment

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MDC Legal

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

Australia Employment

HP

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

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

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

Australia Employment

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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

WB

Walter Baden

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

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Labour Hire Arrangement Orders: What You Must Know

Australia Employment

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

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

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

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

This decision is a timely reminder that compliance with the FW Act and Modern Awards is not optional or negotiable.

Australia Employment

WB

Walter Baden

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

Employers to review the practice of making fixed periodic wage payments in respect to award or agreement-covered employees.

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Labour Hire Arrangement Orders: What You Must Know

A LHAO can only be made upon application to the Fair Work Commission and only by an employee of the labour hire company or of the host business, a Union, or the host business.

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

The concept of a "set-off" clause is uncontroversial and something many employers utilise in their contractual arrangements with both salaried and non-salaried staff.

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Employee or contractor?

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

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

BP

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

GC

Gilchrist Connell

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

This decision considered the contractual salary arrangements used by Coles and Woolworths for retail managers.

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Employment Law In Australia - An Overview

Australia remains to be a strong and stable environment in which to do business.

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

GC

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

PP

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

PA

Piper Alderman

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

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

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

Australia Employment

PP

Pointon Partners

What Happens if a Sponsored Employee Resigns?

Australia Immigration

RM

Roam Migration Law

Federal Court confirms reasonable notice term may be implied into employment contracts

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

From contractor to employee – the Federal Court reaffirms employment status and brings to light the implied term of reasonable notice.

Australia Employment

BP

Bartier Perry

Australia's Workplace Thresholds And Limits For The New Financial Year

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

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

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

FWC says fighting in the workplace can be justified

Australia Employment

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Kennedys

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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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