Category: News & Commentary

Australian workplace lawyers are parochial by nature. We don’t look at international examples very often.  And given the tens...

Earlier in August, Fairfax broke the story of a Cricket Australia employee, Angela Williamson, allegedly sacked for criticising via...

In May 2016 Bill Shorten said, speaking to the ABC, that a government proposing to legislate penalty rate outcomes...

Recent decisions by the Fair Work Commission have emphasised the need to afford employees procedural fairness throughout the termination...

Employers are required to walk a tight-rope every time they hire a new employee.   The Fair Work Provisions...

Everyone’s favourite Kiwi/Australian politician Barnaby Joyce has been in the spotlight again recently due to his upcoming interview with...

A “fair go all around” has long been an underlying principle in the Australian industrial relations system. However, under...

Earlier this month, high profile rugby star Israel Folau posted some highly offensive comments on Instagram stating that gay...

Sally McManus threw down the gauntlet to ‘big business’ last week on behalf of the ACTU at the National...

As an industrial lawyer, it was probably a mistake logging onto social media on Thursday, in the aftermath of...