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Australia: 'Tis the season to be wary of folly: large damages awarded for harassment following work function
With end of year functions well underway, employers need to be particularly vigilant to ensure they respond swiftly and thoroughly to allegations of …
Australia: Coalition Government begins to implement pre-election policies
Australia’s recently-elected Federal Coalition Government has begun implementing its pre-election policy relating to employment and workplace …
Australia: Billabong’s executive retention arrangements
Executives are sometimes offered retention arrangements if a change of control is on the cards. Sometimes this leads to criticism, as in …
Australia: Flexible work requests - achieving compliance with legal obligations
Flexible work arrangements have been in the spotlight again this year with the categories of employees who can request these arrangements expanded …
Australia: complexity and risk for employers under the Fair Work Act’s bargaining regime continues
Summary Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to present our fourth volume of ‘Bargaining under the Fair Work Act’. The paper examines the most …
Australia: High Court decision clarifies industrial action payment rules in the Fair Work Act
Summary In Construction Forestry Mining & Energy Union v Mammoet Australia Pty Ltd, the High Court of Australia has clarified that the prohibition …
Australia: High Court now likely to rule on status of implied term of mutual trust and confidence
Summary A majority of the Full Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence …
Australia: The implied term of mutual trust and confidence and company policies: CBA v Barker
A majority of the Full Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth Bank of Australia breached the implied term of mutual trust and confidence for …
Asia-Pacific: Governments crack down on the use of agency and temporary workers
In the last year, we have seen governments across the Asia-Pacific region tightening their laws and regulations relating to the use of agency (dispatch) …
Social Media use for Corporate Australia: "Understanding the opportunity and the risks"
Herbert Smith Freehills Partner Andrew Rich participates in a panel discussion on the use of social media in corporate Australia with Anne …
Australia: Major changes to workplace bullying laws
Recent legislative amendments granted the Fair Work Commission (FWC) jurisdiction to deal with ‘bullying’ applications by workers. From 1 January 2014 a …
Australia: Failure of employer to act on bullying complaint results in $600,000 damages award
A recent Supreme Court of Victoria decision has awarded almost $600,000 to an employee who developed severe psychological disorders from an …
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