employment law
AI tools give rise to a new breed of employee complaints, partner warns
The increasing use of artificial intelligence tools by employees is transforming the landscape of workplace complaints,...
11 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
‘Significant questions’ must be answered by childcare employers, plaintiff firm says
The recent revelations of a childcare worker’s sexual abuse allegations have put childcare workers across the country...
11 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Gadens impersonated in US-based recruitment fraud
National law firm Gadens has been impersonated in fraudulent recruitment practices over in the US, with scam ads posing...
27 June 2025
By Kace O'Neill
‘A second Gilded Age’: Employer power over workers’ speech has gone too far, principal says
Liberal democracies like Australia should encourage citizens to freely express views without interference from...
09 June 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Increasingly oppressive’ control over employees undemocratic, says principal
Corporations have, over the years, assumed a much greater role in the workplaces and lives of their staff, in ways that...
22 May 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
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 Piper.
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 Paul O'Halloran
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 Candice Heisler
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 Coast.
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 partner.
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 Jack Campbell
‘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
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 firm.
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 Paul O'Halloran