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Employment law and labour law articles and thought leadership, podcasts, videos and webinars from expert sources across the legal world. Explore articles covering topics such as Discrimination, Employee Benefits and Compensation, Health and Safety, Unfair/Wrongful Dismissal, Whistleblowing, Employment Rights, Outsourcing and Redundancy.

Set-off clauses under fire: Federal Court reshapes salary arrangements

Recent FC ruling - employers can't use annual salaries to offset award entitlements across pay periods—each entitlement must be paid in the period it's earned.

Australia Employment

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

How long can I be on worker's compensation in NSW?

In NSW, the duration of workers' compensation benefits varies depending on your injury, recovery, & the type of compensation you're receiving.

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Putting The Westpac Working From Home Case In Perspective

Australia Employment

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Swaab

8501 For HR: An Audit-ready SOP For 482 Sponsors

Condition 8501 requires the holder to maintain adequate health insurance while in Australia.

Australia Employment

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Roam Migration Law

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

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

What The Westpac Flexible Work Ruling Really Means For employers

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

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Flexible work requests - Don't bank on skipping process!

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Michael Byrnes discusses the Westpac WFH case on 2SM with Tim Webster

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Fair Work Commission Backs Employee in Remote Work Dispute with Westpac

Australia Employment

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McCabes

What Happens When An Employee Runs Out Of Sick Leave?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

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

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Cause And Consequence: Show Cause Letters In The Landscape Of The Workplace

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

Workers' compensation claims due to asbestosis - NSW

Australia Employment

HP

Hall Payne Lawyers

Inside Safety Podcast Series - Episode 3, Part 1 - Director's Duties

Australia Employment

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

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

Australia Technology

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Fair Work Commission Backs Employee in Remote Work Dispute with Westpac

Australia Employment

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McCabes

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

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

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Contract of Employment

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!

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Harassment Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?

Australia Employment

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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

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Rights And Obligations Under Workplace Policies

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

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

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

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

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

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Retirement, Superannuation & Pensions

It depends – What happens when you fail to meet your minimum pension payment from a superfund?

Transcript and link to video discussing what happens when you fail to meet your minimum pension payment from a superfund.

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

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

Superannuation and estate planning

Superannuation is one of the most significant assets Australians hold, but unlike other assets, it does not automatically follow your will.

Australia Family

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McCarthy Durie Lawyers

Superannuation and your Estate – are your children really protected? Lessons from Steele v Host-Plus Pty Limited as trustee for the Hostplus Superannuation Fund [2025] FCA 668

Australia Family

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Carroll & O'Dea

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

Australia Employment

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Ius Laboris

ATO Guidance On Meaning Of Employee For Super Guarantee (SG) Purposes

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Alvarez & Marsal

Major employment law changes – wage theft, penalties & superannuation

Australia Employment

MD

McCarthy Durie Lawyers

It depends – Can my superannuation death benefit be paid to my stepchild?

Australia Family

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Cooper Grace Ward

Workplace Wrap - July 2025

Australia Employment

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K&L Gates LLP

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Cause And Consequence: Show Cause Letters In The Landscape Of The Workplace

Case underscores how procedural missteps or perceptions of unfair treatment during disciplinary processes can trigger or exacerbate psychological injury claims.

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

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

PA

Piper Alderman

Case Update: $150k Penalty For The ABC

The judgment is a reminder that political opinion is a protected attribute; dismissals, even if partly connected to political opinion, are unlawful.

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

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

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

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

Australia Employment

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Dismissal upheld: employee breaches employer's directions while recovering from illness

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

Can my employer dismiss me over a social media post?

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

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Latest Videos

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Fair Work Commission Backs Employee in Remote Work Dispute with Westpac

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McCabes

Inside IR Podcast Series - Episode 29 Gender-based Undervaluation And Its Impact On Modern Award Rates Of Pay (Video)

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

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

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Ius Laboris

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

PA

Piper Alderman

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