workplace
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
High Court challenge over illegally sacked miners tossed out for third time
Twenty-two miners operating out of Peabody’s Helensburgh mine have retained their win against their former employer,...
07 August 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Is your boss just blunt, or are they crossing a legal line?
Many employees often shrug off their boss’s tough management comments that sting a little, but one employment lawyer...
29 July 2025
By Grace Robbie
Court security manager sacked after prematurely granting person’s freedom
A court security manager challenged his dismissal through the Fair Work Commission after his employer sacked him for...
28 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Law firm principal slams ‘archaic’ $100k compensation cap for workplace bullying, sexual harassment
As part of the NSW government’s recently passed compensation reforms, a cap has been placed on damages sought for...
14 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill
Psych injury lawsuit alleges bullying, excessive hours, discrimination at MinterEllison
MinterEllison is facing a lawsuit in the Federal Court from a former employee who alleges that she was bullied,...
03 July 2025
By Kace O'Neill