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What are the new criminal underpayment laws?
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Employment Rates & Thresholds Effective 1 July 2024
In July each year, an number of thresholds and limits relating to the employment relationship change. Here is our handy guide.
Practical tips to support a breastfeeding parent at work
World Breastfeeding Week runs from 1 to 7 August 2024. This year’s theme was ‘breastfeeding support for all’.
Justitia Lawyers and Consultants is growing
Justitia Lawyers and Consultants is pleased to announce boutique Melbourne Law Firm, Toop Workplace Law is merging with the firm.
What employers need to know about the new ‘right to disconnect’
From 26 August 2024 (or 26 August 2025 for small businesses), employees gain a new right in the workplace, the ‘right to disconnect’.
Lawyers Weekly Podcast Episode
Navigating an increase in general protections claims
Jess Toop joins Jerome Doraisamy as she discusses the current state of general protections claims, why these claims are on the rise, what current applications are looking like, how AI is being used in the preparation of claims, and the broader impact these developments are having on employers, businesses, and employment lawyers. The conversation also explores how the Fair Work Commission is responding, how workplace behaviours and risk management strategies are shifting, and what employers should be watching closely moving forward.
Business Essentials Daily Podcast
A change to casual employment rules
The federal government is considering amending the definition of a casual employee. This will have significant impacts on employers and how they use casual staff in their workforce, as well as what defines a suitable casual contracted employee.
Justitia Senior Associate, Janet Tan joins Chris Ashmore on the Business Essentials Daily podcast where she discusses the potential penalties if employees are misclassified.
Lawyers Weekly Podcast Episode
Why part-time lawyering works for me
Meg Crawford joins Jerome Doraisamy as she shares her experience on what her three-day working week set-up looks like and how she makes it work with her firm, changing views on what it means to be a legal professional, how those coming through the ranks can explore part-time working arrangements with their employers if they have other pursuits in mind, shaking off traditional mindsets of the volume of work required of lawyers, and how she feels optimistic about the sustainability of her more holistic approach to her career.
VLGA Connect Podcast Episode
Workplace Investigations and………Workplace Investigations
Sarah Rey joins Steve Cooper at Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) as they discuss all you need to know about workplace investigations- the common dynamics, breaking down the steps, legal privilege and confidentiality, some recurring mis-steps, essential ingredients and life after the investigation’s conclusion.