'Game of bluff’ with non-compete clauses is over for employers

With the Albanese government announcing the banning of non-compete clauses in budget 2025, employers can no longer bind...

27 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

139k working days lost over industrial disputes last year

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that an additional 39,800 working days were lost...

13 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

How businesses can better combat Australia’s wage theft epidemic

Wage theft has been a big issue affecting workers across multiple industries throughout Australia, enacting new laws...

13 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Maurice Blackburn changes striking staff’s ‘out-of-office’ emails

According to Maurice Blackburn employees engaged in today’s (6 March) industrial action, the national plaintiff law...

06 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Maurice Blackburn’s fight with employees over pay ramps up

Unionised lawyers and staff at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers will engage in industrial action, setting the stage for a...

05 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

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

What happens if Dutton rolls back Right to Disconnect laws?

While aspiring prime minister Peter Dutton may intend to wind back the newly legislated Right to Disconnect, such a...

30 January 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

A refresher for company directors on current workplace laws

Recent legislative changes made to Australian workplace regulations have reshaped the expectations for company...

17 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

JWS appoints partner, special counsel for IR, employment team

National law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed two senior associates from BigLaw rival Corrs Chambers...

05 November 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Right to Disconnect: Feasible or fantasy for lawyers?

The “Right to Disconnect” law throws a curveball at law firms, forcing them to rethink how they operate. But it’s...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Fair Work cracks down on paid agents

In response to “concerning” conduct from paid agents representing applicants in Fair Work matters, the national...

12 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Right to Disconnect will ‘tighten the noose around the necks of SME owners’

While the new Right to Disconnect isn’t set to come into effect for small law firms for another year, detractors...

05 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Critical role’ of jurors stressed in Local Court ruling

A recent Local Court decision in NSW has reminded employers of their obligations to staff members who are summoned for...

02 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are PIPs a ‘quiet firing’ tool for firms?

Performance improvement plans (PIPs) may be used by businesses, including law firms, that “lack the moral fibre to...

29 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

FWC finalises ‘intentionally minimalist’ Right to Disconnect award term

The Fair Work Commission has determined that the new award term for the recently legislated Right to Disconnect should...

26 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

‘Balanced approach’ needed on non-competes, say senior lawyers

The case for a ban on non-compete provisions may not stack up, a BigLaw partner and Sydney-based silk have...

22 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

What is legal’s role in ensuring adherence to the Right to Disconnect?

With the recently legislated Right to Disconnect set to begin next week, law departments need to be across the looming...

20 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Grindr and a glass of prosecco: ‘Mystifying’ approach to allegations sees Virgin employee reinstated

An unfair dismissal claim has resulted in a cabin crew member with Virgin Airlines Australia being reinstated over what...

20 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Finding solutions to the scourge of bullying and harassment

Psychosocial hazards in the legal profession: A state-based regulator’s recent move to enhance workplace wellbeing,...

19 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Will Australia follow the US in banning non-competes?

While the Federal Trade Commission seems set to ban non-compete clauses in the United States, it remains unclear...

02 August 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy