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Insights 06 November, 2024

Side hustles in the digital age: legal implications for employers

Samuel Ellemor SHARROCK PITMAN LEGAL Cash is tight and the side hustles are in fashion. With rising interest rates, record-high house prices, and growing cost of living pressures, employees are looking to make extra money beyond their day job’s pay and are...

Insights 29 October, 2024

Understanding the New 'Right to Disconnect' Legislation: What Employers and Employees Need to Know

Ellie Bassingthwaighte, Senior Legal Writer- Practical Guidance Employment Introduction of the Right to Disconnect Starting 26 August 2024, Australian employees will gain a new 'right to disconnect' following significant amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009...

Insights 22 January, 2024

The unseen struggle: Identifying and responding to the risk of psychiatric injury

Charles Power and Fiorella Chiavetta HOLDING REDLICH Employers have a non-delegable duty of care to their employees to provide a safe system of work and to take reasonable steps to prevent reasonably foreseeable injuries. This paramount duty arises under both...

Insights 03 November, 2023

Casual employees, unfair dismissal and general protections: recent commission rulings

Introduction The evolution of workplace protections has shown little signs of slowing in recent times. More and more often, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has provided decisions on the broadening protections for employees and correspondingly broadening responsibilities...

Insights 18 November, 2021

Respect at work, safe workplaces remain far from reach for Australian employees

Amid headlines listing COVID numbers & quarantine mishandling incidents across the states, Australia attracted global attention earlier this year with stories emerging from Parliament that detailed sexual harassment, assault, inappropriate behaviour, bullying and...