employment law
Convicted murderer at centre of partner’s sacking, lawyer says
The unfair dismissal case involving the partner Keli Lane has tested the legal limits of employer oversight, with one...
31 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
FWC dismisses lawyer’s costs application against former employer
The Fair Work Commission has dismissed a lawyer’s application to impose costs on his former employer after it...
31 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Workplace surveillance: A thing of the past? Not so fast
The future of workplace surveillance is found in balancing organisational needs with employee wellbeing, transparency,...
23 March 2026
By Hilary Searing
LHD Lawyers acquires 120-year-old firm Taylor & Scott Lawyers
LHD Lawyers has strengthened its workers’ compensation, personal injury, and industrial law capability with the...
05 March 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Early, extensively and often: Defending against WHS claims
Reflecting on a recent WHS appeal case, a lawyer discusses how practitioners can defend a workplace injury claim by...
04 March 2026
By Carlos Tse
Empathy is not optional for employment lawyers
Distraught over my mother’s diagnosis, what I needed most was some compassion – what I got instead was a rude and...
11 February 2026
By Naomi Neilson
Senior Gair Legal duo launch boutique personal injury and employment law firm
Two senior Gair Legal lawyers have stepped away from the defendant SME firm to launch their own boutique practice,...
29 January 2026
By Grace Robbie
Colin Biggers & Paisley names new partner, senior associate
National law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has elevated an employment lawyer to its partnership, and promoted an...
02 January 2026
By Jerome Doraisamy
Lawyer accused of extracting firm data fails to bolster defence
A lawyer who allegedly extracted confidential information from his former workplace and set out to establish a rival...
05 December 2025
By Naomi Neilson
The rise of ‘unmeritorious’ workplace claims in the age of AI
According to workplace lawyers, employers are facing a growing wave of claims that lack merit, at a time when the use...
03 December 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Why have so few Right to Disconnect applications been made?
Despite much fanfare about its implications for employers and employees alike, the national workplace tribunal has seen...
17 November 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Principal lawyer joins Macpherson Kelley’s employment practice
National firm Macpherson Kelley has appointed a principal lawyer to its employment, safety, and migration team.
06 November 2025
By Naomi Neilson
The reaction to Charlie Kirk’s assassination and its implications for employment law
The assassination of conservative campaigner, activist, and podcaster Charlie Kirk at a Utah-based university campus...
24 September 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Prosecutor fights Department of Justice over employment decision
A senior legal officer with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has successfully appealed a decision not...
19 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
How law firms can make sense of Right to Disconnect laws
The Right to Disconnect laws now in place for small businesses like law firms are sparking plenty of discussion, writes...
10 September 2025
By Stephen Roebuck
Court critical of legal arguments in Coles, Woolies underpayment judgment
In a scathing judgment, the Federal Court sent the underpayment proceedings against Coles and Woolworths back to a case...
05 September 2025
By Naomi Neilson
The fallout from Qantas
For employers, the case demonstrates the serious risks of running an aggressive industrial strategy and losing, writes...
25 August 2025
By Julian Arndt
Qantas fine shows courts won’t tolerate ‘blatant attacks’ on workers’ rights
The $90 million penalty imposed on the national carrier – the “biggest ever ordered by a court for violations of...
19 August 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy and Jake Nelson
Jones Day adds employment partner from Ashurst
Global firm Jones Day has strengthened its employment practice with the addition of a seasoned employment partner from...
06 August 2025
By Grace Robbie
Penalty rates bill risks legal uncertainty, partner says
Penalty rate amendments to the Fair Work Act are long overdue, but the urgency with which it has been drafted and...
06 August 2025
By Naomi Neilson