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Sexual Harassment Investigations In Victoria: Key Investigation Tips For Employers
Recent developments in workplace safety and discrimination laws have fundamentally transformed sexual harassment investigations beyond simple fact-finding exercises. Investigators must now navigate complex requirements spanning procedural fairness, psychosocial safety obligations, and trauma-informed practices while managing competing pressures and legal risks that can arise from poorly conducted investigations.
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Gilchrist Connell
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Restraining Restraints: Australia’s Post-Employment Shake-Up
The Australian Labor Government has released draft legislation that would fundamentally reshape how employers can use non-compete clauses in employment contracts. This proposed reform would prohibit non-compete restrictions for employees earning below $190,100 and impose new limitations on all post-employment restraints, potentially marking the most significant recalibration of Australian restraint of trade law in decades.
Australia Employment
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Protecting Your Business - Getting Ready For Significant Change With Post-employment Restraints
The Australian Federal government has introduced the Competition and Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Banning Unfair Non-Competes) Bill 2026, which proposes to fundamentally reshape post-employment restraints by outlawing non-compete clauses for employees earning below $190,100 and banning co-worker non-solicitation clauses entirely. These sweeping reforms will significantly impact how businesses protect their investments in talent, client relationships, and confidential information, requiring employers to
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Bartier Perry
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Fair Work Commission Releases New AI Guidance And Warns Against Blind Reliance On AI
The Fair Work Commission has introduced new guidance requiring parties to disclose their use of generative AI in proceedings, following a 70% surge in workload attributed to AI-generated applications. A recent case demonstrates the consequences of blind reliance on AI tools, with one applicant ordered to pay costs after continuing a jurisdictionally flawed claim despite repeated warnings from the Commission.
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Holding Redlich
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Redundancy/Layoff

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No Vacancy? No Excuse: High Court Clarifies Reasonable Redeployment Considerations (Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley & Ors [2025] HCA 29)
The High Court's decision in Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley & Ors examines whether employers must consider restructuring their workforce arrangements, including labour hire and outsourcing, when assessing redeployment options during redundancies. This landmark ruling clarifies the Fair Work Commission's authority to scrutinize operational decisions and workforce composition when determining if a dismissal constitutes genuine redundancy under the Fair Work Act 2009.
Australia Employment
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Coleman Greig Lawyers
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Contract of Employment

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Restraining Restraints: Australia’s Post-Employment Shake-Up
The Australian Labor Government has released draft legislation that would fundamentally reshape how employers can use non-compete clauses in employment contracts. This proposed reform would prohibit non-compete restrictions for employees earning below $190,100 and impose new limitations on all post-employment restraints, potentially marking the most significant recalibration of Australian restraint of trade law in decades.
Australia Employment
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Protecting Your Business - Getting Ready For Significant Change With Post-employment Restraints
The Australian Federal government has introduced the Competition and Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Banning Unfair Non-Competes) Bill 2026, which proposes to fundamentally reshape post-employment restraints by outlawing non-compete clauses for employees earning below $190,100 and banning co-worker non-solicitation clauses entirely. These sweeping reforms will significantly impact how businesses protect their investments in talent, client relationships, and confidential information, requiring employers to
Australia Employment
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Bartier Perry
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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

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Workplace Investigations And Decision Makers: What Employers Can Learn From Totino v Metro Trains
The Full Court of the Federal Court has clarified critical procedural requirements for employers managing medical incapacity terminations and defending general protections claims. This landmark decision addresses when workplace relations advisers must give evidence in proceedings and whether show cause letters constitute unlawful threats under the Fair Work Act.
Australia Employment
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Gilchrist Connell
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No Vacancy? No Excuse: High Court Clarifies Reasonable Redeployment Considerations (Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley & Ors [2025] HCA 29)
The High Court's decision in Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley & Ors examines whether employers must consider restructuring their workforce arrangements, including labour hire and outsourcing, when assessing redeployment options during redundancies. This landmark ruling clarifies the Fair Work Commission's authority to scrutinize operational decisions and workforce composition when determining if a dismissal constitutes genuine redundancy under the Fair Work Act 2009.
Australia Employment
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Coleman Greig Lawyers
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Employee Benefits & Compensation

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Workers Compensation Rights For Coal Miners In NSW
Coal miners in New South Wales hold special status as exempt workers under the workers compensation scheme, affording them protections that differ significantly from standard workers. Despite recent legislative reforms that have reshaped the NSW workers compensation landscape, coal miners retain many of their historical entitlements, including ongoing weekly payments without strict cut-offs and exemption from standard work capacity assessments.
Australia Employment
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Carroll & O'Dea
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Skilled Worker Salary Thresholds: What Sponsoring A Role Costs
If you want to sponsor a worker under the Skilled Worker route, you need to understand both the minimum salary requirements and the wider cost of sponsorship. Those rules sit on top of the general considerations that apply when hiring workers from overseas. For most new Skilled Worker applications, you must pay at least £41,700 per year or 100% of the going rate for the worker’s occupation code, whichever is higher.
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LegalVision
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