workplace

The ‘baseline expectations’ for Gen Z lawyers

A new report sheds light not just on the “transformative” moment that Gen Z has arrived in the workforce, but also...

12 May 2026

By Jerome Doraisamy

Gen Z could be ‘unexpectedly consequential demographic’ for law’s future, LOD report says

A new report from Lawyers On Demand finds that lawyers from Generation Z are going to change the legal profession, if...

05 May 2026

By Jerome Doraisamy

How does workplace policy change for psychosocial injuries?

Last week’s World Safety Day (28 April) has drawn attention to a changing workplace compliance landscape and the gaps...

05 May 2026

By Amelia McNamara

Slater and Gordon widens parental, reproductive leave to all staff

National plaintiff firm Slater and Gordon has broadened parental and reproductive leave to all employees, effective...

28 April 2026

By Jerome Doraisamy

New discrimination benchmark, highest damages awarded by tribunal

The Working Women’s Centre NSW (WWC NSW) has secured a major victory against NSW Health on behalf of Soneva...

22 April 2026

By Amelia McNamara

Unconscious, stripped, and mocked: White & Case employee lodges shocking legal claims

An employee of the global law firm has launched legal action over explosive allegations that his supervisor stripped...

02 April 2026

By Grace Robbie

If Australia rations fuel, will lawyers have to WFH again?

The US–Israel attack on Iran and the subsequent regional and geopolitical conflict that has ensued have disrupted...

25 March 2026

By Jerome Doraisamy

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

Australia’s new privacy tort puts workplace AI and surveillance on trial

Australia’s new statutory tort for serious invasions is reshaping how businesses use workplace AI and surveillance,...

12 March 2026

By Sean Carr

Why Dentons’ Australian head aims to create a fun workplace

For Amber Warren, injecting positivity and optimism into the office and de-escalating situations with humour leads to...

11 March 2026

By Jerome Doraisamy

Increased enforcement, litigation risks for workplaces that ignore psychosocial hazards

Victorian and Queensland workplaces must consider their employees’ psychological health as an enforceable safety risk...

02 March 2026

By Naomi Neilson

Professionalism, or pain? What we quietly ask women in law to endure

For women in law who have long sensed that the rules feel different, that the day is longer, the margin thinner, the...

25 February 2026

By Rebecca Ward, MBA

More than 1 in 2 Aussie law firms have clear AI policies in place

New research from Agile Market Intelligence has revealed an interesting disparity in AI adoption and integration...

21 January 2026

By Amelia McNamara

Generational dynamics in law firms

You say “potato”, I say “potato”: The question for the profession is not who is right, but whether we are...

20 January 2026

By Lara Wentworth and Andrea Foot

Why this lawyer says Queensland’s workers’ compensation scheme is the best in the country

Despite all the fights I have had with WorkCover Queensland, on behalf of clients and all of the “missteps” by...

03 December 2025

By Travis Schultz

Workplace partner joins Sparke Helmore

A partner and special counsel have been appointed to Sparke Helmore’s workplace practice.

02 December 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Medicinal cannabis poses safety and legal challenges in Australian workplaces

With medical cannabis use on the rise across Australia, a Holding Redlich partner has warned that its presence in the...

07 October 2025

By Grace Robbie

Source appoints new executive director for workplace and HR

Workplace and employment relations law specialist Nick Tindley has joined Source (which forms part of HPX Group) from...

02 October 2025

By Jerome Doraisamy

The leadership pipeline crisis: Building tomorrow’s leaders today

Those who embed sustainable leadership capacity in their early-career talent will dominate the next decade, writes...

03 September 2025

By Madeline Miller

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