employment law

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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