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The post-Covid workplace: IR Reform
Announcements will shortly be made about changes to the Fair Work Act. They will have wide ranging impacts on all workplaces throughout Australia. In …
Webinar: Employment & IR Briefing Series 2020 - What's next? (Australia)
In this webinar briefing, our Employment, IR and Safety team discuss the most recent employment and IR issues and developments for HR practitioners and …
People: Victoria’s Stage 4 restrictions: Navigating the current rules for employers*
*This update reflects the Victorian government’s stage 4 restrictions and directions and is accurate as of 19 August 2020. Employers relying on this …
Webinar: Workplace manslaughter developments in Australia – A national snapshot
Nearly all Australian States and Territories have approached the law around Workplace Manslaughter differently, in a further departure from the proposed …
People: Industrial relations reform in 2020? Here we go again... (Australia)
It is ironic that on 26 May, almost precisely one year after the 2019 Federal Election, the PM made important announcements about Australia’s industrial …
Webinar: National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
On 5 March 2020, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its fourth national survey on Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. The report has …
COVID-19: People: Flexibility provisions in Modern Awards (Australia)
Over the past week, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has made determinations to vary the Clerks – Private Sector Award 2010 (the Clerks Award), the …
Irony and the opportunity for generational reform of Australia’s Workplace Laws
There is some irony that the party which entered the 2019 federal election campaign with no IR policy now has the chance of a generation to make enduring …
A mega boost for the mega projects of the future
At a business breakfast in Perth on Wednesday 15 May, Bill Shorten announced an important policy the ALP will pursue if it achieves Government after this …
A Gig Deal – ‘Gig Economy’ Regulation Initiatives at the Federal Level
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has a broad industrial relations platform that it is promoting in the lead up to the federal election. However, one key …
“All is fair in love and war” – but what about in industrial relations?
It was once said (and many times repeated) that “[t]he adage ‘‘all is fair in love and war’’ is… as much applicable to industrial warfare as to any other …
Industrial Relations Law Reform Agenda
Having difficulty cutting across the campaigning to focus on the actual policies of each party? Herbert Smith Freehills have prepared and continually …
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