Earlier this month, high profile rugby star Israel Folau posted some highly offensive comments on Instagram stating that gay people were headed to “HELL… Unless they repent of their sins and turn to God”. It’s brought up the traditional questions about the right to free speech, vs. the rights of inclusion, as well as our…
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Growing support for a workplace response to domestic violence
Violence against women is now recognised as a serious and widespread problem in Australia. Whilst awareness has increased of domestic violence as a community issue, there is still much to be done to support victims. 2017 saw an increase in support for a workplace response to family violence, through the inclusion of family and domestic…
Illegal workers in Australia – a different standard for politicians?
Another one bites the dust. Matt Canavan’s resignation last Tuesday from his cabinet position as Minister for Resources and Northern Australia brings the tally up to three senators who, because of their dual-citizenship, have been found ineligible, or potentially ineligible, under section 44 of the Constitution. Question marks also hang over a fourth senator, One…
The Uber Driver Model – Rooster or Duck?
A key principle of Australian employment law is that issues of substance are given more recognition than issues of form. As Justice Gray famously stated “parties cannot create something which has every feature of a rooster, but call it a duck and insist that everybody else recognise it as a duck“. In other words, a…
Travelling: it’s all in a day’s work – 3 issues employers must consider for employees who travel
Domestic and overseas travel has become highly accessible and affordable which has presented many opportunities for national and multinational businesses as employees can travel relatively easily and cheaply between offices, sites and clients. In fact, the prevalence of business travel is quite significant and in 2016, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported 9% of overseas…
Anti-social media: 4 ways to manage social media and cyber-bullying in the workplace
Whilst technology and social media have unquestionably provided many benefits to the modern workplace and opportunities for businesses to reach a wider audience, they have also presented dilemmas for HR managers and business owners when dealing with interactions between employees. With the increased use of the internet and social media, and the fact that almost…