Employment & HR

The first quarter of 2025 has seen the senior lawyer writers at Practical Law Australia continue to add new and noteworthy content across our practice areas, while also making significant updates to our existing content to address new developments in law and legal life.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Bankruptcy 3.3 “Voluntary Bankruptcy”; Bankruptcy 3.7 “Trustee in Bankruptcy”; Bankruptcy 3.15 “Compositions or Schemes after Commencement of Bankruptcy”; Labour Law 26.1 “Individual Employment”

The Lawyers Practice Manual (Victoria) has recently published an update to Chapter 3.5 Claims under Work Cover.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Business Organisations 4.1 “Company Formation”; Intellectual Property 23.4 “Patents” Ch 5; Interpretation and Use of Legal Sources 25.2 “International Law”; Labour Law 26.4 “Awards and Workplace Agreements”; Real...

Practical Law Australia has a new look for its Employment landing page, with updated topics to better align with the evolving practice of our Employment subscribers and create a more intuitive and user-friendly experience.

Starting from June 13th, filters will be relocated to a separate pane alongside with content types, eliminating the need for excessive scrolling.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw: Criminal Law Principles 9.3 “Defences and Responsibility”; Criminal Offences 10.2 “Assault and Related Offences”; Criminal Procedure 11.9 “Legal Representation and Legal Aid”; Dispute Resolution 13.7 “Arbitration”...

2023 saw a number of significant developments and emerging trends across the legal landscape, including in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), the annual general meeting (AGM) season, data breaches and cybersecurity, unfair...

Practical Law Commercial, with assistance from Special Counsel, Ooma Khurana at Maddocks, has released four brand new resources on surveillance device and workplace surveillance laws.

ESG is a hot topic! To support the fight against climate change, forward- thinking entities and lawyers should consider including climate-aligned clauses in commercial agreements.

In its first three sitting months of 2022 the High Court handed down 15 major decisions. Our team of ALJR reporters once again gives an overview.