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Redundancy Under Scrutiny: High Court Sets New Standards

The Court has confirmed that employers must adopt a broader and more practical view of redeployment opportunities before concluding that a dismissal amounts to a "genuine redundancy".

Australia Employment

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MDC Legal

Uber Driver To Be Paid "Lost Pay" Following Unfair Deactivation

The remedies available to employee-like workers of digital labour platform operators under the relatively new "unfair deactivation" provisions.

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Redundancy rules reconsidered: Landmark High Court ruling on redeployment

HC ruled employers must consider redeploying redundant staff into contractor roles where reasonable, broadening redeployment duties under the FWA.

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

SafeWork NSW and the High Court are reshaping redundancy. Are you ready?

While psychosocial risks in a restructure can't be eliminated, they must be minimised through careful planning, communication & compliance.

Australia Employment

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McCabes

Employees over contractors: the redeployment preference?

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

Employment Law In Australia - An Overview

Australia Employment

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Lewis Silkin

High Court clarifies scope of genuine redundancy under the Fair Work Act

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Federal Court delivers historic $90 million fine to Qantas for 1,820 illegal dismissals

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

High Court redundancy ruling allows FWC to question if all possible redeployment options have been considered

Australia Employment

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Kennedys

What International Employers Should Know About The High Court Of Australia's Decision On Searching For Redeployment Options In Redundancy

Australia Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Major rethinking on redundancy: High Court clarifies redeployment obligations for ‘genuine redundancy'

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

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

High Court ruling reshapes redundancy considerations for employers

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Employee Awarded $305k In Record Sexual Harassment Payout

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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

Australia Real Estate

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FTI Consulting

Funds Update - 26 September 2025

Australia Finance

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

It depends – Should you involve your kids in the control of your family discretionary trust?

Australia Family

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Cooper Grace Ward

Insights Into Property And Debt Market

Australia Real Estate

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Cathro & Partners

How Investors And Operators Can Capitalise On The Agricultural Value Chain (Video)

Australia Real Estate

FC

FTI Consulting

High Court raises the bar on genuine redundancy: Implications of Helensburgh Coal v Bartley & Ors

HC ruled employers' redeployment duties may include replacing contractors with employees, broadening "genuine redundancy" limits.

Australia Employment

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

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

Courts may imply reasonable notice of termination if no written employment contract exists.

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

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.

Australia Employment

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Kennedys

7 Common Questions About Workplace Relationships

A legal expert answers common questions about managing relationships between employees.

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

Workplace relationships: The legal position (Coldplay concert edition)

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Michael Byrnes appeared on ABC News Radio on 21 July 2025 to discuss the issue of workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Rethinking Redeployment In The Work-From-Home Era

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

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

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Nurse awarded $350,000 in compensation plus penalties following successful adverse action and discrimination claims

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

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

Australia Employment

CG

Cooper Grace Ward

Is an employee's secret recording of a workplace conversation a valid reason for dismissal?

Australia Employment

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Hiring and Firing Essentials for Healthcare Providers

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

Adaptation is more than work history

Australia Employment

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McCabes

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

Is an employee's secret recording of a workplace conversation a valid reason for dismissal?

An employee's covert recording of a workplace conversation created a valid reason for dismissal.

Australia Employment

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Hiring and Firing Essentials for Healthcare Providers

Ensure your hiring and firing processes in healthcare comply with both regulatory standards and employment laws.

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

Adaptation is more than work history

Asessment of adaptation requires a consideration of the Claimant's deterioration or de-compensation in work.

Australia Employment

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McCabes

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article, "How to navigate misconduct investigations involving mental health challenges".

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Can I Dismiss Employees Whose Jobs Have Been Replaced by AI?

Employers can make employees redundant if their roles are replaced by AI or automation.

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

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

In case of Power v Lyndons Pty Ltd, the words used were not only grossly offensive but constituted sexual harassment.

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

When is alternative employment suitable? Commission considers the scope of section 120

When undertaking a redundancy process & considering a s120 application, "other acceptable employment" does not mean any job offer.

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Is it reasonable to redeploy employees to roles occupied by contractors?

Recent decision suggests there does not need to be a vacant position for redeployment to be 'reasonable in all the circumstances'.

Australia Employment

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

What Employers need to know about Closing Loopholes – More changes to Australia's workplace laws (Part 1)

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Two birds, one RTO: Are return-to-office mandates ‘dismissals in disguise'?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

The importance of getting redundancies right

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

Loopholes Laws Open For Business: Are You Ready For 26 August 2024?

Australia Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Australia Employment

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Vincent Young

Can employees be dismissed for their conduct outside of work hours?

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Restructuring: The risks of overlooking redeployment opportunities

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Closing a gap in redundancy rights for workers in insolvent businesses

Australia Insolvency

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Worrells

Closing Loopholes – Act 1

Australia Employment

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HHG Legal Group

Closing loopholes as we close out 2023

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Closing Loopholes Bill passes House of Representatives

Australia Employment

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Fair Work (Closing Loopholes) Bill: What you need to know

Australia Employment

CG

Coleman Greig Lawyers

Looking To Cut Costs? Who You Gonna Call?

Australia Employment

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Don't assume: Redeployment options in redundancies

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article Legal implications and lessons from Network Ten v van Onselen, published in Lawyers Weekly on 3 August 2023

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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