This article was co-authored with Jessica Kamleh, Phina Conroy and Michael Wilson.
In late 2022, new provisions were included in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SD Act) to impose a positive duty on employers and persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate, as far as possible
This article was co-authored with Jessica Kamleh, Phina Conroy and Michael Wilson.
In late 2022, new provisions were included in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SD Act) to impose a positive duty on employers and persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate, as far as possible
Dans une décision rendue en septembre 2023[1], opposant le Syndicat des salariés(es) de la fromagerie (CSD) (le Syndicat) à Agropur, coopérative agroalimentaire (l’Employeur), un tribunal d’arbitrage (le Tribunal) était confronté à plusieurs griefs où le Syndicat contestait la sous-traitance de certains travaux de maintenance.
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The Supreme Court in the UK has held that food delivery riders (Riders) were not in an ‘employment relationship’ for the purposes of Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights, meaning that the provisions of that article which protect the right to form and join trade unions do not apply to them. In
This article was co-authored by Hattie Wilson
In recent years, Australia has seen a significant increase in the number of cases of silicosis and other crystalline silica (silica) related diseases in the workplace. Silica is a naturally occurring mineral which is used in many products such
This article was co-authored by Hattie Wilson
In recent years, evidence of the link between concussions and repeated head trauma sustained in contact sports, and the short and long-term impacts of such injuries on an individual’s health, has gained increasing awareness and concern, both in Australia and internationally.
Consequently, on 1 December 2022, the Senate
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Dans CFG Construction inc. c. R.[1], la Cour d’appel du Québec (« Cour d’appel ») est appelée à se prononcer sur le cadre juridique applicable à la responsabilité criminelle des entreprises. Cette décision représente l’un des rares cas d’application des dispositions du Code criminel[2] qui permettent, depuis 2004, que soient reconnues
On 8 November 2023 the UK government published its response to its May 2023 consultation paper on “Retained EU Employment Law” (the Response). This covered three areas: (i) record keeping requirements under the Working Time Regulations (WTR 1998); (ii) simplifying annual leave and holiday pay calculations in the WTR 1998; and (iii)
This article was co-authored by Jonathan McMillan and Terry Stavrianos.
In our previous article, we explored the introduction of sunsetting provisions for what are commonly referred to as ‘zombie agreements’. Broadly, zombie agreements are workplace agreements made before the commencement of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act) and during the