The Friday Workplace Briefing
The Friday Workplace Briefing
The Friday Workplace Briefing is a weekly podcast to update the Australian business community on the most significant developments, issues and cases across workplace law, with practical suggestions to protect your business and people.Follow the podcast:
When Does Managing Conflict Tip Over to Bullying?
For this week’s Friday Workplace Briefing Andrew and Nina analyse when managing conflict tips over to bullying. In a recent case before the FWC, an employer's sometimes flawed attempts at managing an employee and the conflict that followed was held to not be bulling. - Where do you draw the line, …
27:38
The Big Fight Over Award Flexibility
In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss the big fight over Award flexibility. The unions push for flexibility unless unjustifiable hardship – where will it end up?
29:20
High Court Considering Damages Award for Bad Dismissals: Fundamental Change in the Law, What Does It Mean for Employers and Insurers
In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss a significant case before the High Court considering the potential for damages for psychiatric damage from a flawed termination, investigation and disciplinary process.
29:42
The Essential Ingredients in a Successful Offer of Settlement That Makes an Employee Say "Yes"
When is an offer to settle enough to trigger a costs order? This week, Andrew Douglas and Kim McLagan tell us what the essential ingredients are for a successful offer of settlement to an employee.
31:04
Entry Into Hazardous Areas
Andrew and Nina discuss the recent New Zealand case regarding entry into hazardous areas - WorkSafe New Zealand v Whakaari Management Limited [2024]. This case is a reminder of the huge risks involved when these areas are not addressed and managed.
25:54
Safety and Enforceable Undertakings - Risk vs Reward
The Regulators have demonstrated the desire to offer undertakings in serious contraventions of safety law where there have been high consequences. In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew Douglas and Nina Hoang go through the risks versus rewards around enforceable undertakings.
30:27
Investigations Are Not Easy - If Lawyers Can Get Them Wrong, Anyone Can!
In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew Douglas and Kim McLagan are taking us through workplace investigations and the challenges that employers may face when conducting them. They aren’t easy – if lawyers can get them wrong, anyone can.
30:50
Closing the Gates on Out of Hours Contact with Employees - Federal Government's Latest Push to Protect Workers
In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew Douglas and Nina Hoang discuss closing the gates on out of hours contact with employees and the Federal Government's latest push to protect workers, focusing on the elements, rationale and implementation of the proposed law.
29:44
New WorkSafe Code - Sexual Harassment
Safe Work Australia’s new code of sexual and gender-based harassment is a game changer supporting safety regulators intrusion into traditional workplace law. In the first Friday Workplace Briefing of 2024, Andrew Douglas and Nina Hoang will be covering the code, all the latest cases and law change…
29:24
Looking Forward - Top 10 Issues for HR, Safety and Injury Management Professionals
Welcome to our final Friday Workplace Briefing of 2023. This week, Andrew Douglas and Nina Hoang will take us through the top 10 issues facing HR, safety and injury management professionals.
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