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employment law

Clifford Chance adds employment partner from DLA Piper
Global law firm Clifford Chance has added a new employment partner in Sydney, who joins from BigLaw rival DLA...
13 May 2025
By Lauren Croft
Noteworthy employment law reforms that lawyers must be across
As employment law has undergone significant reforms over the years, the director and senior legal writer from Practical...
21 March 2025
By Grace Robbie
Employment law cases impacting workplaces in 2025
Here are five cases from 2024 that I predict might have a critical impact on employment law outcomes in workplaces in...
27 February 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Former BigLaw practitioners launch employment and discrimination boutique
After working together for over two decades, Sandra Marks and Emma Pritchard have united to establish their own law...
20 February 2025
By Grace Robbie
The rise of knife crime and the reasonable foreseeability of employers
Recent horrific attacks have raised questions about whether an employer can be liable for random acts of violence,...
23 January 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Seven seeks to bury communications to ‘avoid embarrassment’, court told
With its fight against a former journalist heating up, Seven Network has asked a court to toss out the allegedly...
14 October 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Travis Schultz & Partners opens new Gold Coast office
Travis Schultz & Partners is set to expand in Queensland, opening a new office in Southport, on the Gold...
30 September 2024
By Kace O'Neill
Longton Legal merges with Resolution123 to expand into employment law
A mid-tier firm has joined forces with a NewLaw practice that specialises in providing advice on employment law....
22 August 2024
By Grace Robbie
Emplawyer adds new partner
Boutique employment law firm Emplawyer has appointed an accredited specialist as a new...
24 June 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
Qantas tells court rumours of negative culture ‘unreasonable’ excuse to turn down job
With a compensation order looming, lawyers for Qantas told a court it was “unreasonable” for one of the sacked...
30 May 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Delivery company pleads guilty to hundreds of child employment law breaches
A delivery company has been hit with a shocking 318 breaches of child employment law, making this case the largest of...
16 April 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Significant’ Fair Work reforms will result in busy period for employment law
As multiple Fair Work Act amendments come into play, the workplace and employment law space is likely to evolve...
11 March 2024
By Lauren Croft
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The importance of ‘relatability’ for firm owners
Building trust and rapport with clients has helped this principal build up her network and start her own...
14 September 2023
By Lauren Croft
Legal implications and lessons from Network Ten v van Onselen
Last month, NSW Supreme Court Justice David Hammerschlag found that Peter van Onselen breached his redundancy contract...
03 August 2023
By Lauren Croft
Top 7 myths about employment law
There are some common myths about employment law that seem to arise frequently with both clients and non-employment...
13 April 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Employee wellbeing is now a ‘positive legal obligation’ — and one that needs to be met
With 90 per cent of the Australian workforce reportedly overwhelmed and despite new WHS regulations coming into play in...
27 March 2023
By Lauren Croft
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors to focus solely on workplace and employment law
Mid-tier firm Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) has closed its corporate and commercial practice and is...
06 March 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Workplaces under scrutiny: What’s hot in law this week (27 Feb-3 Mar)
Myriad workplace issues and trends — from treatment of staff to greenwashing, from virtual courts to leadership...
04 March 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
What does ChatGPT mean for employment lawyers?
To test the benefits or detriments of ChatGPT to the practice of employment law, I ran some employment law questions...
23 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
KWM welcomes back employment lawyer as partner
Global law firm King & Wood Mallesons has bolstered its national employee relations and safety practice by bringing...
07 February 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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