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How might multi-employer bargaining spread through resources sector and beyond?

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On 20 March, we published the first in this two-part series about the legal developments being watched closely by resource sector businesses in 2025 that could significantly impact their labour strategies. With margins...more

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Recent Amendments to Australia's Fair Work Act Impact Whether Independent Contractors Are Deemed "Employees"

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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

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Lessons from Australia: Preparing UK Employers for the New Sexual Harassment Prevention Duty

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In our recent International Employment Lawyer article, we reviewed the global transformation of workplace sexual harassment prevention laws and touched on the challenges that multinational corporations are facing as a result....more

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Are U.S. Employers Ready for a Right to Disconnect Law?

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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

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Loopholes Laws Open for Business: Are You Ready for 26 August 2024?

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Yet more changes are ahead for employers as key elements of the Federal Labor Government's Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing the Loopholes No 2) Act 2024 (the Act) take effect on 26 August 2024....more

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Struggling to keep up with all the closing loopholes reforms?

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The last two years has seen multiple rounds of changes to employment, industrial and safety laws at federal and state level in Australia....more

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Australia Set to Join Growing List of Countries Recognizing “Right to Disconnect” From the Workplace

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Under amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009, employees in Australia are being given a new “right to disconnect” from the workplace outside of normal working hours. Under the new law, employees may refuse contact, including...more

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Flexible Work Marches on in Asia

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In recent years, the traditional 9-to-5 work model has undergone a significant transformation across Asia, with the rise of flexible work arrangements reshaping the way businesses operate and employees engage with their work....more

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Workplace Reform Rolls on… Again

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The Federal Labor Government (Government) has completed its third tranche of workplace relations reform with the recent passage through Federal Parliament of its Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill...more

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Closing Loopholes just keeps getting better and better

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It is worth noting that under the original timetable of the Hon Tony Burke MP for the Closing Loopholes Bill, it would have been passed as law this week....more

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Contract Is King: High Court of Australia Provides Clarity on 'Employee vs Contractor' Test

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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

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