Employment

Penalties have increased for organisations that are non-compliant with workplace law or regulations. The most common breaches relate to incorrect payments and the major driver of underpayments was…

Employers need to carefully consider the questions they ask during an interview. Discriminatory (or apparently discriminatory) questioning during interviews creates the risk of prospective…

The Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has recently handed down a series of decisions which expand an employee’s rights to request flexible working arrangements. On 20 November 2018, the Full…

Recent data shows an increase in government employees self-referring for mental health support. Government jobs are prone to organisational change which acts as a stressor. This article provides…

Strategic projects are a means of increasing the leverage that senior leaders get from an engaged team. Senior leaders must create an environment where strategic projects are viewed as an…

Rogue employees are rare, but they devastate their organisations. Motivations vary but are important to understand from a risk perspective. Building a mix of preventative and detective controls…

Culture suffers and risks occur when there is a fundamental disconnect between an organisation’s espoused values and the operational reality. Compliance mechanisms alone are insufficient to achieve…

The failure to inculcate trust with peers and team members leads to project delays and underperformance. Rebuilding trust takes more effort, time and resources than establishing it. Organisational…

There is renewed public awareness of the incidence of sexual harassment in the workplace as a result of the #MeToo and #TIMESUP movements, In Australia, sexual harassment in the workplace has a…

Zilla Efrat speaks with Andrew Charlton about an increasingly automated workforce and how directors need to know the right questions to ask their executives.

Mental illness in the workplace is an area for all employers to bear in mind when conducting workplace investigations. It is crucial for employers to ensure that workplace investigations are…

There are commonly held employment law misconceptions. This article dispels the Top 7 employment myths Warning — this article may contain surprises!

Sharing responsibility for the quality of governance of the company and board effectiveness, presents company secretaries with several important challenges. These challenges relate to time pressure…

Digital transformation over the past decade has created new roles and titles to respond to the exponential growth of data and to manage the arising risks and opportunities. This article examine the…

When it comes to boards exercising supervision over workforce issues, their role is much broader than just in respect of safety. Many workplaces comprise different categories of employees as well…

Employers must not unreasonably refuse a request made by an employee to be assisted by a support person at any discussions relating to dismissal. However, employers may in certain circumstances…

Underpayment of workers’ entitlements undermines the trust of customers and disenfranchise and demoralise workers. Undesirable conduct by a company’s supply chain partners, franchisees or service…

Employers can be held vicariously liable for the sexual harassment committed by employees or contractors. Large sums of money have been awarded and send the clear message that sexual harassment…

The FWC review of modern awards will have implications for employers of casual staff. A regular casual employee could request conversion to full-time employment if they have met certain…

Sham contracting provisions prohibit an employer from representing a 'contract of employment' as a 'contract for services'. Mandatory state-based labour hire licensing schemes to be introduced to…