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Minimum wage increases from 1 July 2025 – what employers need to know

Employers must implement recent minimum wage increases from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2025.

Australia Employment

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Fair Work Commission 2025 Annual Wage Review 3 June, 2025

FWC announced a 3.5% rise in all modern award rates and the National Minimum Wage which will come into effect from 1 July 2025.

Australia Employment

M

McCabes

Self-represented individuals beware: The risk of using AI for your employment law claim including show cause responses, unfair dismissals and other claims

A recent decision of the Fair Work Commission demonstrates the dangers that can arise if you are too dependant on AI.

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Employment Law Compliance In The Food And Hospitality Industry

Ensure your employment contracts clearly outline working hours, pay rates, and break entitlements according to the relevant award.

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

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

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Tax Ruling Confirms Employee Classification For Superannuation Purposes

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

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

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Key Updates: Employment Law Wrap-Up

Australia Employment

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Avant Law

Michael Byrnes is quoted in the article, "Proposed non-compete ban could backfire on workers, firm warns", published in Lawyers Weekly on 20 May 2025

Australia Employment

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Swaab

A Big Swing And A Progressive Senate: What's Next For Workplace Laws In Australia?

Australia Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Flexible work arrangements: Is your business meeting the requirements?

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Political expression and workplace protections – defining the boundaries

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Steps to take after a workplace injury in Queensland

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Reasonable Business Grounds are not enough to refuse a flexible work request

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

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Webinars

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

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Mondaq

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Canada/U.S. Border: Fact or Fiction

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Green and Spiegel

Whistleblowing

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

IL

Ius Laboris

2024 WLG Whistleblower Guide: Australia

Is there a law to protect whistleblowers? If so, which law?

Australia Employment

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World Law Group

Secretly recording your bad boss, 2GB and 4BC John Stanley Interview with Michael Byrnes

Secretly recording by employees in the workplace.

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Whistleblowers are still the enemy: McBride to appeal as Boyle continues to stew

Australia Employment

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Boyle is facing prison for correctly blowing the whistle due to ambiguously drafted law

Australia Employment

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Australia Employment

VY

Vincent Young

Whistleblower's lengthy sentence could deter others from exposing crime and corruption

Australia Criminal

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

"Don't blow the whistle", Australia warns, as it imprisons lawyer for exposing war crimes

Australia Employment

SC

Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Key features of the new Public Interest Disclosure Act 2022 (PID Act 2022) in New South Wales

Australia Government

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

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Outsourcing

New rights for independent contractor in unfair arrangements

New protections have commenced for independent contractors alleging unfair contract terms.

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Australia, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Australia Employment

VY

Vincent Young

Qantas acted illegally in sacking 1700 ground crew and outsourcing their jobs

The High Court held that improving business efficiency was not the real and substantial reason for the Qantas actions.

Australia Employment

S

Stacks Law Firm

Closing Loopholes Bill passes House of Representatives

Australia Employment

HW

Holman Webb Lawyers

Qantas in the High Court: is it still OK to outsource?

Australia Employment

CC

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Looking To Cut Costs? Who You Gonna Call?

Australia Employment

SS

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Don't wing your outsourcing decisions: Takeaways from the Qantas decision

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Government confirms commitment to legislate Same Job, Same Pay

Australia Employment

MO

Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Gain control over document review

Australia Law Practice

IO

Law In Order

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Contract of Employment

Employment Law Compliance In The Food And Hospitality Industry

Ensure your employment contracts clearly outline working hours, pay rates, and break entitlements according to the relevant award.

Australia Employment

L

LegalVision

Key Updates: Employment Law Wrap-Up

Criminalisation of wage theft and increases to penalties for underpayment.

Australia Employment

A

Avant Law

Political expression and workplace protections – defining the boundaries

Gillham v Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 458.

Australia Employment

HR

Holding Redlich

Holding the Reins: Employer Responsible for Aggravated Psychological Condition

Australia Employment

CO

Carroll & O'Dea

Employment Law: Wage Theft

Australia Employment

HL

HHG Legal Group

Australia's Recent Federal Election Result: Implications For Employers

Australia Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

How Do I Create a Single Enterprise Agreement?

Australia Employment

L

LegalVision

Breaking Free: Non-compete clauses may be banned for nearly 3 million Aussies

Australia Employment

CG

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Ron Wilson on 2SM on 2 April 2025 to discuss the proposed limitation on non-compete clauses

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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Redundancy/Layoff

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

L

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

M

McCabes

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

Australia Employment

S

Swaab

When workplace policies become enforceable legal obligations with significant risk: Lessons from the High Court's decision in Elisha v Vision Australia

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Termination of Employment – Getting It Right the First Time

Australia Employment

RC

Rostron Carlyle Rojas

A Shake-Up of an Old Rule: Damages for Psychiatric Injury for Terminating an Employee's Employment

Australia Employment

ML

MDC Legal

A new era – botched disciplinary and dismissal processes can give rise to psychological injury claims says the High Court of Australia

Australia Employment

BP

Bartier Perry

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

Australia Employment

L

LegalVision

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Latest Videos

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What Does Labor's Landslide Mean For Employment Law In Australia? (Video)

IL

Ius Laboris

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

PA

Piper Alderman

Key updates: new workplace laws

A

Avant Law

John Love on 1079 Life breakfast with Matt Bajjali - work Christmas parties

MO

Mellor Olsson Lawyers

[Podcast] Hot Legal Topics - Episode 1: Employment law

RM

Roam Migration Law

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