Employment & HR

Practical Law In-house have released a brand new training resource for lawyers, PowerPoint, Amendments to casual employment in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth): available to all Practical Law subscribers until Friday, 11 June 2021

On Friday, 26 March 2021, the Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery Act) 2021 (FW Economic Recovery Act) received Royal Assent.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Communications 6.8 “Broadcasting”; Contract: General Principles 7.1 “Formation”; Contract: General Principles 7.3 “Parties”; Criminal Offences 10.1 “Homicide”; Criminal Offences 10.8 “Companies and Securities...

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Bankruptcy 3.10 “Investigations”; Civil Procedure 5.9 “Appeals”; Communications 6.2 “Criminal Defamation”; Communications 6.7 “Radiocommunications”; Criminal Procedure 11.11 “Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime”...

No matter what your version of a Christmas party normally looks like, the reality is that Christmas parties just won't look like Christmas parties this year.

“Wage theft” – what it is, its extent, and the practical issues practitioners should consider in pursuing recovery of wages – examined in the latest issue of Workplace Review, Vol 10 No 1.

The FirstPoint on Westlaw AU title of Education has been reissued to improve the ease at which our customers can access the latest cases on numerous aspects of the Australian system of education.

Some new classifications have been introduced to the Industrial Law classification scheme in FirstPoint on Westlaw AU to improve the customer experience in accessing cases in a number of different areas.

The following Subtitles are now updated and available on Westlaw AU: Labour Law 26.4 “Awards and Workplace Agreements”; Real Property 28.1 “Principles of Real Property”; Real Property 28.12 “Retirement Villages”

The twilight zone for SA Industrial Relations Court proceedings post-dissolution

Using Workplace Complaints Tracker to guide your decision-making on summary dismissal.