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The Friday Workplace Briefing — 100 episodes
Is AI the Death of HR or Its New Super-Power?
New Victorian Law Coming Empowering Reps and Doubling Reckless Endangerment Penalties
The Complexity of Managing Performance in a Psychologically and Culturally Safe Manner.
Managing Complex Disability Adjustments and What happens when it goes Wrong.
Do You really Love Christmas-after Parties and Discipline
The Need for a Factual Nexus
First Case on Right to Disconnect Shows How Tough It is for Employees to Win
Royal Commission into Big Build Corruption
How Ai is The Bully’s Tool
The Growth of More Serious Criminal Charges in Safety
The New Fair Work Court-what is it, When will it Happen and How will it Change our World
The Test for Termination Based on not Fit for The Inherent Requirements of The Job “Not Fit now or in The Foreseeable Future to Undertake the Inherent Requirements of The Job with Reasonable Adjustments”
General Protections Claim limitations for Independent Contractors. Political Beliefs Protected under State law are not Protected Workplace Laws for Independent Contractors.
You Can’t Delegate Safety to Employees - It is Always Owned by The Employer Where There are Clear Rules and Failure to Comply with Directions
WFH: What Does it Mean for Victorian Employers
The Key role of Supervision in Safety Making sure Employees are Skilled, capable and Knowledgeable in How to do Work safely is The Cornerstone of Workplace safety-and All of that Rests on the Shoulders of the Supervisor.
The new sexual harassment compensation provisions in the FWA tested by the Full Bench: Is pre-enactment misconduct relevant to a claim brought after?
The FWA and Australians Working Overseas How Far Does Our Workplace Legislation Extend Beyond Australia?
Annual Wage Review and what it Means Understanding the Impact of the FWC Wage Case on Award Employees, EA Employees and Common Law Contracts
What is Happening in The Bullying Jurisdiction? Stopping Weaponisation
The FWC Stop Sexual Harassment Jurisdiction Just Ordered Compensation Against Individuals – in the Second Decision in Two Weeks the Federal Circuit Court Made Significant orders for Compensation Against Two Businesses for non-touch Sexual Harassment and Two Individuals.
Does an Investigation into Out of Hours Conduct need to be Delayed Until Criminal Proceedings Complete?
When is a Workplace Right not a Workplace Right? When a Complaint is not Made in Good Faith and For an Ulterior Purpose
When directors rely upon others, They are still Liable for Harm
Media, Employees and Direction to not Use Employers’ Infrastructure What is a Lawful and Reasonable Direction in Respect of Media Comment
Safety Regulator Attack Misconduct Investigations
Rise in Penalty Award for Serious Injuries in Safety
Double Jeopardy in Safety and Criminal Law: Charged, Convicted, Fined—Then Jailed Again?
Labor’s Work from Home What is it, will it Catch on and What Impact will it Have on Employers?
Who are We at Work? Respect or Liked and the Risks of Personal Disclosure
FWC Full Bench Makes its Stance Clear That Racism has "no Place in Any Workplace.
Courts and Tribunals are Getting Tough on Sexual Harassment Claims – How to Prevent the Harassment and The Claim
The Landscape of Psychological Injury Claims Within Australia’s Workers’ Compensation Schemes is Undergoing Significant Change.
Medical Absence and Termination: Prolonged Absence Without Medical Evidence
Christmas Parties and Employee Safety All I Want for Christmas Is Respect – The Never-Ending Saga of Sexual Harassment at Christmas Parties
Privacy and out of Work Behaviour – When can You Discipline?
Getting Your Drug and Alcohol Policy Right – Then Following It.
Complaining About Work Online Is Not a Workplace Right Under General Protections
What Happens When You are Assaulted and WFH-yes, it is Compensable. Any Physical or Psychological Hazard Experienced Whilst Working from Home that Causes Harm is Both a Safety Issue and a Compensable Injury.
The Duty of Good Faith and Fidelity When Applying for Jobs with a Client
Flexible Work, Hybrid Arrangements and Westpac – New Flexibility at Work the Latest Case Will Embolden Primary Carers to Push for Workplace Flexibility
Restructuring Out Employee on Parental Leave – Morally and Legally a Fraught Process.
Major Risks Require Specialised Advice – The Need for Competency in Major Safety Risks
SafeWork Meddling in Restructures – New Industrial Risks for Employers
Psychological health regulations and Code now in effect in Victoria.
How Many People Can Be Liable in Complex Contractor Relationships?
Annualised Salaries: When Woollies and Coles Went Rogue
Huge Penalties for Breach of Whistleblower Protections
Fixed Term Contracts - What are they and When Do They End? Main Topic
OHS Industrial Manslaughter Provisions do not Prevent Employees from being Charged with Manslaughter Under the Crimes Act
Failing to Provide Training for High-Risk Activities Makes Officers Liable
High Court Clarifies When a Redundancy Is Genuine in the Context of Using Contractors
The Curious Case of the Victorian Government and Workers’ Compensation
Directors and Due Diligence: Lessons from the Whitemarsh Case
What is Abandonment of Employment?
How Harshness Can Override a Valid Reason The Story of the Reinstated University Professor
Closing the Loop has Turbo-Charged Delegates' Rights of Representation in Workplaces — where will it end?
New NSW Bullying Regime Starting 1 July 2025
The High Court, the CFMEU and Administration
Drug and Alcohol Policies Must Have Thorough Consultation and Be Evidence Based
The Growing Difference in the National Safety Law
2025 Annual Wage Case How Much Does It Affect Award and Award Free Employees?
The Biggest Hazard on Site is Often the People Themselves.
State Governments are Seeking to Reduce Workers’ Compensation Scheme Exposure to the Growth in Psychological Claims.
The Ever More Complex World of Franchises
When and How to Use Legal Professional Privilege in Conduct Investigations
The Australian Government Adopts Three New Psychological Hazards.
Toxic Culture - the future of Industrial Manslaughter.
Victorian Court of Appeal Rebalances with Industrial Manslaughter Fines Higher than Ever Before.
What You Must Prove When You Allege Industrial Collusion Between a Union and Others.
The Future of Employee Restraint Clauses in Australia.
Workplace Flexibility - What are Reasonable Business Grounds?
Workers Recording Performance Management and Disciplinary Meeting.
What Do You Do When Someone Frustrates Your Capacity to Safely Return Them to Work?
Recommendations Relating to Sentencing Occupational health and Safety Offences in Victoria.
Victoria Presses the Button on Psychological Hazards Law
Why Having Labour Hire Protects No One in Safety Law
When is Being Angry Still Reasonable Management Action?
The Way You Terminate Psychological Damages and Corporate Risk
Christmas Bully and Harassers- will it happen again?
Great Policy But Bad Practice - When Your Own System Proves You Are Liable
When is a Resignation Not a Resignation: Constructive Dismissal
Am I Restrained? The Latest Supreme Court Case on Restraints Explains the Lay of the Land
Fitness for Work and Surveillance - When Is It Useful and What Are the Risks?
Protecting the Identity of the Complainant for Their Safety: What the Courts Are Saying
The Workplace Minefield of Working From Home
Culture is King - Channel Nine and the Investigation Wash Up
General Protections - The Risk of Not Nominating and Quarantining the Decision Maker
The Risks of Using Overseas Employees Under Employment or Independent Contractor Agreements
The Expanding Expectation of Fairness During Investigations in the FWC - The Must Dos to Avoid Problems in the Commission
Safety Managers Pushing Back on Employees
Contractors and Genuine Redundancy - When Does Redeployment Involve a Consideration of Contractors?
Office Jokes and Pranks - Are They Funny or Just Plain Wrong?
Right to Disconnect - Not a Right to Say No to Work!
The Right Way to Manage Pregnant Workers
What is Happening to the CFMEU? An Update
Yes - A Principal Contractor Does Owe Duties to Other Workers On Site
Will Employee Fatigue Land You in Jail? Yes
Is the CMFEU Bad? Or Are We Bad for Allowing It to Become What It Is?
Officers - Our Leaders Face New Safety Challenges From Their Business, The Regulators & The Courts