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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

Ready Or Not, Here They Come: The Victorian Psychosocial Regulations And Compliance Code Explained

The primary focus of the Victorian Regulations is on psychosocial risk management. We have set out below the key aspects of the Victorian Regulations for all employers with any employees based in Victoria.

Australia Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

TWU v Qantas – Unions As "Private Regulators" And The Increasing Financial Risk Associated With Employment Laws

In a case arising from Qantas's 2020 outsourcing of ground-handling services, the Court imposed a record $90 million penalty for adverse-action breaches. Notably, $50 million of this penalty...

Australia Employment

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King & Wood Mallesons

Disability Discrimination Lawyer: Your Rights As A PWD

PWDs are people who have physical or mental disabilities.

Australia Employment

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JB Solicitors

Neurodiversity in the workplace – important legal considerations for employers

Australia Employment

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Kennedys

How Australia Is Transforming Workplace Harassment Prevention

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

Employment Law In Australia - An Overview

Australia Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Federal Court Awards $305,000 in Landmark Sexual Harassment Decision

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Bad Taste: Federal Court awards $305,000 to former employee of a fast-food restaurant subjected to sexual harassment by the owner

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

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

Employee Awarded $305k In Record Sexual Harassment Payout

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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

Employment law changes: What you need to know

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

Workplace relations changes effective 1 July 2025

Australia Employment

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Dealmaking in Australia: the current state of play and the impact of regulation

Australia Commercial

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Planning And Environmental Decision Making?

Australia Technology

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Four Key Drivers Shaping The Future Of Agriculture (Video)

Australia Real Estate

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FTI Consulting

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Buy Or Rent? Why The Australian Dream Might Be Due For A Makeover

Australia Real Estate

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FTI Consulting

2025 Employment And Workplace Relations In Australia Legal Guide

The Australian Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety team help our clients achieve...

Australia Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

WHS Regulation updates: mandatory prevention plans for sexual and gender-based harassment

Businesses to manage the risk of sexual and sex or gender-based harassment in the workplace.

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

Why Regulatory Compliance In Australia Is More Than Just A Checkbox

GRC compliance is critical for any business operating in Australia. Whether your business is a startup, multinational, or somewhere in between...

Australia Commercial

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NAVEX

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

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Pointon Partners

Managing Cross Border Sexual Harassment Investigations In Australia And Asia––10 Key Considerations For Employers (Part 1)

Australia Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Holding the Reins: Employer Responsible for Aggravated Psychological Condition

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

I have been discriminated at work: Should I lodge a discrimination (adverse action) claim?

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Sexual harassment laws - positive obligations on employers

Australia Employment

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Holman Webb Lawyers

Institutions can be vicariously liable for sexual abuse

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

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

Australia Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Sexual Harassment At Work And The Use Of Non-disclosure Agreements

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Recent And Emerging Employment Law Changes Impacting Australian Employers

Australia Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

What is disability discrimination?

Australia Government

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Hall Payne Lawyers

What To Expect In 2025: Employment Law In Australia

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

Sexual Harassment At Work And The Use Of Non-disclosure Agreements

Sexual harassment is prohibited by the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) and the Fair Work Act 2009.

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Recent And Emerging Employment Law Changes Impacting Australian Employers

Not long after intentionally underpaying employees became a criminal offence on 1 January 2025, additional workplace changes have been announced or made by the federal Labor government to further protect workers and stimulate productivity.

Australia Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

What is disability discrimination?

Discusses disability discrimination & the process involved in bringing a complaint about disability discrimination in Australia.

Australia Government

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Hall Payne Lawyers

What To Expect In 2025: Employment Law In Australia

Last year was a significant one for employment law in Australia and we are expecting this year to be just as important, especially with the upcoming federal election.

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

New federal laws mandate gender equality targets for employers with 500+ employees

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

All Queensland practices must have a written plan to manage the risk of sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment from 1 March 2025

Workplace sexual harassment and sex or gender-based harassment remains a serious issue.

Australia Employment

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Avant Law

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

As part of a raft of changes coming in the weeks and months ahead in relation to discrimination laws in Queensland, work health and safety rules are being amended...

Australia Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Legal issues related to Valentine's Day in the workplace

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Ron Wilson on 2SM to discuss legal issues related to Valentine's Day in the workplace.

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Employees on workers' compensation leave are not eligible for anti-bullying protections

Employees may only seek anti-bullying protections in circumstances where they are being bullied 'at work'.

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

Termination of Employment – Getting It Right the First Time

Australia Employment

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Rostron Carlyle Rojas

Employment Relations Podcast #41 – Understanding the Employment Law Considerations in Defence Export Controls

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

How to prevent a Christmas party disaster: A guide for employers

Australia Employment

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Avoid an HR Hangover this Festive Season

Australia Employment

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PCL Lawyers

Australian Legislation Limiting Payment Of Costs By Unsuccessful Applicants Incentivises Discrimination Litigation

Australia Employment

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Jones Day

Major amendments to Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Act: what employers need to know

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Employer liability for work Christmas parties

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Reflections On The Positive Duty To Prevent Sexual Harassment Two Years On

Australia Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Conflicted remuneration – rearranging the shelves

Australia Employment

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Holley Nethercote

Assistance animals, discrimination and the law

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Case summary: Warren Power v Lyndons Pty Ltd T/A Lyndons [2023] FWC 1060 (5 May 2023) – Unsuccessful unfair dismissal claim due to harassment

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Important Changes For Businesses In Australia – What Employers Should Know

Australia Employment

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Littler Mendelson

New ‘equal access' cost provisions reduces barriers in anti-discrimination cases

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

Respect@Work Developments – What Every Employer Should Know

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

Significant changes coming to Queensland's anti-discrimination laws

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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