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Meritas Capability Webinar - Doing Business in Canada
On 6 August 2025, the High Court of Australia (Australia’s most senior court) handed down the landmark decision in Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley [2025] HCA 29, reshaping the risk environment for global employers who make...more
Recent amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) establishing a new "whole-of-relationship test" increase the likelihood that Australian businesses will face claims of "sham contracting" by misclassifying employees as...more
The last two years has seen multiple rounds of changes to employment, industrial and safety laws at federal and state level in Australia....more
On 9 February 2022, the Australian High Court heard two appeals together—Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union & Anor v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd [2022] HCA 1 ("Personnel") and ZG Operations Australia...more
The Situation: It is relatively uncommon in Australia for workers or employees to bring class actions against their employers in which they allege sham contracting arrangements. The Development: Four class actions, which...more
Company Liable for Contract Worker’s Injuries - Precedential Decision by Judiciary or Regulatory Agency - On September 6, 2018, the NSW Supreme Court held that a company (Company A) that used a contracted labor hire...more
Traditionally, alternative labour models – including outsourcing and contracting – have been used by business to defray cost and risk and deal with workflow fluctuations. Today’s environment is creating new challenges for...more
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR - In this edition of the Update, we report on Woolworths' commitment to identify and address human rights risks in its Australian supply chains. We then discuss a class action expected to be lodged...more