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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.
Blogs
The Newest Addition to the NES: What do employers need know about the new entitlement to paid family and domestic violence leave?
The upcoming amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 change the current five days of unpaid leave for family and domestic violence (FDV) to a paid entitlement of ten days’ leave. This will be an entitlement arising under the National Employment Standards (NES).
How Local Government councillors are addressing their workplace culture
Part of a Councillor’s role is to engage in robust debate on the issues of the day and advocate on matters in the interests of their communities. Unfortunately, at some Councils the poor conduct of individual Councillors is getting in the way of Council business. As leaders in their community Local Government Councillors need to foster a culture where they can be effective decision makers. Read about how the internal arbitration process in the Local Government Act 2020 works to address workplace culture issues and how some Councillors are taking the lead to get things done.
The burden falls on employers to eliminate sexual harassment: How the Bakers Delight Investigation can be a model for compliance
Emily Howie, General Counsel and Director of Dispute Resolution at the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) recently spoke to members of the Justitia community about the VEOHRC’s investigation into the adequacy of Bakers Delight Holdings’ (Bakers Delight) framework for preventing and eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace.
The Boutique Lawyer Show Podcast with Melissa Scadden and Sarah Rey
Want to know the story behind Justitia's ongoing success in employment law? Tune in to The Boutique Lawyer Show's recent Podcast episode where our Managing Partner, Melissa Scadden, and Founding Partner, Sarah Rey share the elements that fostered a successful law firm! Click here to listen to the full Podcast!
Our Top Three Takeaways: Lessons for Employers About Denial & Discrimination From Professor Anita Hill
On Saturday morning, we were in a note-taking frenzy when US Professor Anita Hill participated in a Q&A with Trauma Cleaner author and legal academic Sarah Krasnostein. The session was part of this year’s international guest-speaker line up for the Melbourne Writer’s Festival (MWF).