10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025
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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
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Patent Grace Period Considerations in Australia, Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.
JONES DAY PRESENTS®: The Future of Transfer Pricing in Australia: Implications of the Glencore Decision
Jones Day Talks: Doing Deals Down Under: Australia's Foreign Direct Investment Regime
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As flexible and remote working become a fixture of modern working life, employers are grappling with how these arrangements affect redundancy and the consideration of other acceptable employment. Two recent cases in Australia...more
The Australian Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety team help our clients achieve success across the full range of workplace issues. In truth, the legal and social environment has never...more
As part of a suite of reforms intended to prevent sexual harassment and gender-based harassment, the Australian Government has released a detailed code of practice under work health and safety legislation. The government’s...more
As part of a raft of changes coming in the weeks and months ahead in relation to discrimination laws in Queensland, work health and safety rules are being amended to require relevant employers to implement a sexual harassment...more
In light of recent legislative changes in the United Kingdom, from 26 October 2024, UK employers have a new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment....more
In recent months, I’ve spoken to many HR professionals about all things employee relations or “ER.”...more
The right to disconnect has been in the media a lot. But if we look behind the headlines, what impact is it actually going to have? ...more
The UK government has recently indicated that it intends to introduce the “right to switch off” for workers. This follows a global trend of similar legislation in other jurisdictions. As outlined in our earlier post on...more
In recent months, I’ve spoken to many HR professionals about all things employee relations or “ER.” What stood out was the challenging nature of the role of those in ER. The role of ER has never been more valuable to...more
The United Kingdom continues to see rapid growth in the number of workplaces adopting remote and hybrid work arrangements, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although this new type of work offers many...more
Real World Impact: U.S. employers should be aware of the global trend of “right to disconnect” laws and should review their policies on after-hours communications to stay ahead of social and legal changes....more
In recent months, I’ve spoken to many HR professionals about employee relations (ER). The challenging nature of the role for those in ER was a common theme. The role of ER has never been more valuable to Australian employers,...more
In our previous post celebrating the firm’s decade in Australia, our partners shared their insights into the most significant changes in employment and safety law that have affected leading employers. This post further...more
Seyfarth just celebrated ten years of service to leading employers in Australia. To mark the occasion, we invited some of our partners to share insights on the evolution of employment, industrial relations and workplace...more
Australia’s Senate on Thursday, February 8, 2024, passed a bill that would prevent an employer from contacting employees outside of work hours. The bill gives the employee the right to refuse to monitor, read or respond to...more
Employers in Australia are facing the most comprehensive workplace relations reform in more than a decade and will need to ensure they update their policies and practices to account for key changes. Australia’s Fair Work Act...more
Australia has a high uptake of vaccination to COVID-19, partly due to enforceable public health orders at State level which require classes of workers to be vaccinated if they are to work outside of their home. As at the...more
Common Law Term of Reasonable Notice Not Displaced by Statutory Minimum Notice Period - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit Court held that the common law...more
With the gradual lessening of locally acquired cases of COVID-19, on 28 April 2021, the Government announced measures to relax restrictions in respect of the operation of restaurants and other premises. While catering...more
Issue 2: 10 in 10 Employers are exploring methods to better ensure the safety of their employees against the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued risk the pandemic poses to return to work initiatives. One potential...more
Important amendments to Victoria’s long service leave (LSL) laws are taking effect on November 1, 2018 (Long Service Leave Act 2018 (2018 Act))....more
Does an employer have to let a union official in? Only if they have a permit! Right of entry disputes are common – partly because of the multiple laws that at a glance seem to overlap in a way that can be confusing. The...more