Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation. You can email Jerome at: [email protected]
Don’t burn your bridges!
When leaving one employer for another, you need to make sure you do so in the right fashion, writes Jason Elias.
SME LAW • Wed, 27 Nov 2019
Wotton + Kearney appoints new employment group leader
Australasian firm Wotton + Kearney has appointed a new leader for its employment practices liability team.
SME LAW • Wed, 27 Nov 2019
How and why do men in law suffer from ‘flexism’?
Men are twice as likely to have requests to work flexibly denied, making it much harder for the legal profession to combat traditional workplace structures and gender ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 26 Nov 2019
Nearly half of Aussie businesses expect increases in employee activism
Employers are anticipating their workers to increasingly protest the actions or decisions of the business, believing that such employee activism could cost up to 25 per ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 26 Nov 2019
Grok Ventures advised on investment in Sun Cable
Private investment firm Grok Ventures has been advised on its investment in an Australian solar wind farm intended to supply Singapore with renewable energy.
BIG LAW • Tue, 26 Nov 2019
Broader executive roles ‘appropriate’ for GCs
Most general counsel feel it is important for them to embrace broader roles within their organisations rather than being confined strictly to the provision of legal ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 26 Nov 2019
In-house teams ‘struggle’ with chats about career
There are a handful of ways that in-house lawyers can work towards more senior positions – corporate counsel just need to be better at having vocational conversations, ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 26 Nov 2019
Harvey Specter, Lawyer X partly to blame for poor ethical perception of lawyers
The two-pronged beast of portrayals of lawyers in popular culture and the real-life drama unfolding in the current Victorian royal commission may be contributing to the ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 26 Nov 2019
AFCA appoints new GC
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has hired a general manager from ASX for its newly created general counsel position.
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Tue, 26 Nov 2019