Specialty Group: Employment and Labor Law

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has recently criticised a worker’s “egregious” sexual remarks over a company’s two-way radio network, finding that his dismissal did not amount to an unfair dismissal. The decision ...

Key employment law changes in 2025 2025 has certainly been an interesting year for employment law. The Employment Rights Bill has pulled much of the focus since it was introduced in October 2024, but other important dev ...

The recent Fair Work Commission decision of Peter Jones v Exclusive Contracting (WA) Pty Ltd [2026] FWC 253 (the Exclusive Contracting Decision) is a timely reminder of the need to afford employees procedural fairness be ...

South Australia is set to see significant reforms to their labour hire licensing regime (LHLR), following the commencement of the Labour Hire Licensing (Scope of Act) Amendment Act 2025 (Act) on 29 January 2026. The Act ...