There have been some important amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) (IR Act) and the Industrial Relations (General) Regulation 2020 (NSW) (IR Regulations) as a result of the Industrial Relations and Other Legislation Amendment (Workplace Protections) Bill 2025 (NSW) (the Bill) which was passed by the NSW Government on 26 June 2025.
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On 6 August 2025, the High Court handed down the decision of Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley [2025] HCA 29 (Helensburgh Coal Decision), paving the way for the Fair Work Commission to make inquiries into whether an employer could make changes to its workforce, particularly with respect to its use of contractors (including
In the recent case of Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Taylors Services Ltd (dissolved) and ors, CA , the Court of Appeal has upheld the decision that time spent travelling from home to various locations is not ‘time work’ for the purposes of Reg 30 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 (NMW
The shift in delivering renewable energy projects away from engaging a single contractor who takes full responsibility for the engineering, procurement, and construction aspects of a project (EPC contract model) to instead developers contracting directly with multiple specialised contractors for separate packages of work (split contract model) raises interesting issues concerning satisfying the principal contractor
L’intelligence artificielle (IA) s’invite progressivement dans nos vies professionnelles, que ce soit dans le recrutement, la gestion des ressources humaines, l’automatisation des tâches ou la prise de décision. Les salariés utilisent l’IA afin d’améliorer leur efficacité, ou pour les aider dans des tâches rébarbatives, et souvent sans que leur hiérarchie en soit informée.
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Welcome to our WHS Law Briefing. This briefing identifies key issues and emerging trends in WHS Law, and details significant legislative and case law developments from February to date in July 2025. Please contact our national WHS team if you would like to discuss any of the matters in this briefing or would like