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Unfair dismissal claim fails after employee refuses return to office direction

Recent decision confirms employers can lawfully require workplace attendance & refusal may justify dismissal.

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

NSW Government Bulletin (In the Media, Publication, Practice and Courts, Cases and Legislation)

In the Media, Publication, Practice and Courts, Cases and Legislation.

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

New WHS Responsibilities For 'Digital Work Systems' In 2026: What Your Business Needs To Know

Bill will require employers to more closely examine how their digital work systems affect employee health and safety, particularly in relation to workload, monitoring and decision-making.

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

Six-figure Payout Awarded To Employee Over Contested Incentive Scheme

This case highlights a number of practical challenges that often arise with incentive arrangements for employees.

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

Employment Relations Podcast #46 – Safety In The Workplace: Drug And Alcohol Testing And Policies

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Substitution of the Australia Day public holiday by employees, is it permissible?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

What constitutes an abandonment of employment?

Australia Employment

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Swaab

How Australian Employers Decide On Labour Agreements

Australia Employment

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Roam Migration Law

Employee Performance Improvement Plan: What You Need To Know

Australia Employment

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Coleman Greig Lawyers

Labour Agreements For Australian Businesses: Options Beyond Standard Sponsorship

Australia Employment

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Roam Migration Law

Local Council Liable To Employee For Psychiatric Injury From Fake Email

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

The Cost Of Control: Host-employer Liable For Injured Labour-hire Worker

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

No control, no excuse: Non-delegable duties in labour hire arrangements

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

Asked To Work Christmas And Other Public Holidays? Do I Have To? The Federal Court Provides Some Clarity

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

New English Requirements For Visas

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Essential ESG: Episode 26 – Insights From The 2025 UN Forum On Business And Human Rights

Australia Environment

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Michael Byrnes discusses the Westpac WFH case on 2SM with Tim Webster

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Employment law changes you should know about in 2026

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

Employing Work And Holiday Makers Beyond Six Months | Staying Compliant

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Beyond Policy – The FWC Reinforces The Duty To Genuinely Consider Flexible Work Arrangements

This case serves as a reminder that strict adherence to policy without properly consulting an employee in the context of their flexible work arrangement request will be a breach of the FWA.

Australia Employment

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Pointon Partners

Employment contract lawyer: How can they help you?

Employment contract lawyers can help employees challenge unfair contracts, discrimination & harassment to ensure fair & lawful workplace conditions.

Australia Employment

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JB Solicitors

Can an employer refuse your resignation?

Termination—by either party—is only valid if done according to the contract's termination clause and any applicable industrial instruments.

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

"Baby Priya" amendment passes – new law protects paid parental leave after infant loss

New laws to safeguard parents' employer-funded paid parental leave in cases of stillbirth or the death of a child shortly after birth.

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Employment Contract Set-off Clauses

Australia Employment

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HHG Legal Group

Supporting Parents Through Loss: The Fair Work Amendment (Baby Priya's) Bill 2025

Australia Employment

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Jewell Hancock

Baby Priya's Bill: Protecting Paid Parental Leave

Australia Employment

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HHG Legal Group

Planning In Agriculture: Securing Skilled Talent Without Legal Risks

Australia Employment

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Roam Migration Law

Flexible Work Arrangements: Process And Evidence Matter – Chandler V Westpac Explained

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

What The Westpac Flexible Work Ruling Really Means For employers

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Karlene Chandler V Westpac Banking Corporation [2025] FWC 3115 – Westpac Ordered To Grant Remote Work Request – Flexible Work Obligations Under The Spotlight

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Employment Relations Podcast #45 – Employment Law For The Time Poor… Live!

Australia Employment

PA

Piper Alderman

Harassment Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Woolworths And Coles Underpayments

Australia Employment

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MDC Legal

Karlene Chandler V Westpac Banking Corporation [2025] FWC 3115 – Westpac Ordered To Grant Remote Work Request – Flexible Work Obligations Under The Spotlight

This decision reinforces the FWC's expectations that employers must take flexible work requests seriously.

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Employment Relations Podcast #45 – Employment Law For The Time Poor… Live!

Podcast on a wide ranging discussion touching on the latest hot-topics in employment and industrial relations.

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Harassment Prevention: Are You Doing Enough?

The Code aligns with broader work health and safety obligations, requiring employers to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety.

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Woolworths And Coles Underpayments

The Court's findings have significant implications for how employers should structure and document salary arrangements going forward.

Australia Employment

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MDC Legal

Landmark win for injured worker: workers' compensation weekly payments reinstated

Australia Employment

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Navigating The Implications Of The Supermarkets Ruling: A Guide For Employers

Employers to review the practice of making fixed periodic wage payments in respect to award or agreement-covered employees.

Australia Employment

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Holding Redlich

Labour Hire Arrangement Orders: What You Must Know

A LHAO can only be made upon application to the Fair Work Commission and only by an employee of the labour hire company or of the host business, a Union, or the host business.

Australia Employment

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Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

Grocery giants' pay practices don't check-out: Lessons from the recent Woolworths and Coles decision

The concept of a "set-off" clause is uncontroversial and something many employers utilise in their contractual arrangements with both salaried and non-salaried staff.

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

Employee or contractor?

The dispute arose from a sale by Creative Smiles to Ekera of a dental practice where the vendor was controlled and owned by Dr Goodman.

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Disability Discrimination Lawyer: Your Rights As A PWD

Australia Employment

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JB Solicitors

Unfair contract claims – and the gig economy

Australia Employment

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Carroll & O'Dea

Contractor or Employee: Why Is It Important to Understand the Difference?

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

One year on: lessons for employers from the Closing Loopholes legislation

Australia Employment

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Cooper Grace Ward

Employees over contractors: the redeployment preference?

Australia Employment

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Bartier Perry

Federal Court ruling limits use of set-off clauses for annual salaries of award-covered employees

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Federal Court Decision Limits Effective Use of Set-Off in Contractual Annual Salary Arrangements

Australia Employment

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Swaab

Employment Law In Australia - An Overview

Australia Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Exactly what is employment law? Piecing together the employment law jigsaw puzzle

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

"By poaching our clients after he left, he breached the restraint clause in his employment contract" – which case won?

Australia Employment

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Stacks Law Firm

No employment, No liability: The NSWCA on foster carers and vicarious responsibility

Australia Employment

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Gilchrist Connell

Twist of fate: A painful lesson in liability

Australia Employment

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Barry Nilsson

NSW Court of Appeal finds Uber liable for $81m Payroll Tax Assessment

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Pointon Partners

Legal Considerations for Engaging Overseas Contractors vs. Local Contractors

Australia Employment

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LegalVision

Safety-net Changes For Degree-qualified Workers: When Something You Didn't Know About Can Hurt You

Australia Employment

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Piper Alderman

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Michael Byrnes appeared on Breakfast with Tim Webster on 2SM on 23 July 2025 to discuss workplace relationships and that Coldplay concert

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Swaab

Employment Relations Podcast #42 – What could the proposed ban on "non-competes" mean for Australian employers?

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Piper Alderman

Key updates: new workplace laws

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Avant Law

What is the distinction between employees and contractors?

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Cooper Grace Ward

It Depends – Do I need to pay compulsory superannuation to my contractors?

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Cooper Grace Ward

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