NSW workers’ compensation reform robs workers on their knees

The NSW government’s recently floated workers’ compensation reforms do not support injured workers and, instead,...

03 April 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

Navigating the ‘narcisphere’: How to recognise toxic workplace dynamics

The narcisphere, a domain where manipulative, toxic behaviours thrive, exists in many high-pressure professional...

11 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

New mental health laws: A risk or opportunity for law firms?

Failure to address psychosocial risks isn’t just an employee wellbeing issue; it’s a legal one that could carry...

05 March 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

The psychological toll of perfectionism for lawyers

Perfectionism is often seen as a strength in the legal profession. Lawyers are expected to be meticulous, precise, and...

20 February 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

High Court rules that ‘sham’ terminations can cause psychiatric injury, overturning century-old law

A precedent set by a 1909 English case has been overturned by the High Court of Australia in a landmark workers’...

11 December 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Is it time for the High Court to expand employers’ duties of care to prevent psychological injuries?

With changing community expectations around rights to psychological safety at work and the destigmatisation of...

21 October 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Are psychological safety laws being rendered ‘useless’ in small law firms?

Addressing psychological safety in the workplace is a new imperative for Australian businesses, with significant...

26 September 2024

By Kace O'Neill

Potential workplace hazards for firm leaders to be on top of

The managing principal of FCW Lawyers reveals the challenges and hazards present in the current work environment that...

11 July 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Trigger warnings for excessive workloads not the answer

Combating the extraordinary workloads that lawyers often must undertake and effective management of workplace health...

06 May 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Leaders must help themselves before they can help their employees

Sometimes, leaders tend to neglect their own wellbeing to uplift that of their employees. This process can prove to...

12 March 2024

By Naomi Neilson

How can employment and safety lawyers face 2023?

“Courts are challenging the norms in employment and safety law,” says this Dentons partner. He divulges what...

16 January 2023

By Jess Feyder

Jagot J: ‘Essential faith we have in the law might be threatened’ if working conditions aren’t improved

Delivering introductory remarks at last week’s Minds Count Annual Lecture, the Honourable Jayne Jagot —...

31 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Senior lawyers ‘can’t dissociate or absolve ourselves’ from psychological risks, says former KWM head

Former King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) chief executive partner Berkeley Cox, and KWM solicitor Margaret Cai, delivered...

28 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

How can law firms address psychosocial risks?

There is a growing need to address psychosocial risk in law firms, a panel of lawyers, psychologists and wellbeing...

21 September 2022

By Jess Feyder

The legal implications of unchecked vicarious trauma

With workplace-related psychological distress reportedly costing Australia up to $17.4 billion per year, new research...

23 August 2022

By Lauren Croft

Leaders must ‘openly speak up’

A good culture will drive open and honest conversations and make employees feel safe at work, this panel discussion...

26 October 2021

By Lauren Croft

How to benefit from psychological safety and antifragility

Psychological safety and antifragility are concepts that need to be actively implemented in order to positively affect...

19 August 2021

By Lauren Croft