The ‘Ugly in ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ from our 29 July 2025 podcast on Restraint of Trade Part 1. The 2025 Fair Day’s Work Report, published by the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law at Melbourne Law School, delivers a sobering account of wage exploitation among young workers in Australia. Drawing on […]
The ‘Bad’ in ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ from our 29 July 2025 podcast on Restraint of Trade Part 1. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has initiated legal proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court against the former operators of a Japanese restaurant in Castle Hill, north-western Sydney, over serious allegations of […]
The ‘Good’ in ‘the Good the Bad the Ugly’ from our 29 July 2025 podcast on Restraint of Trade, Part 1. An ex-employee received a big win in an unfair dismissal case, after nearly a decade of service with a healthcare and IT recruitment agency based in Sydney. Background An employee had not received a […]
In this episode, the first of two parts, the team work through the principles of Restraint of Trade and how they relate to employment contracts, with a special emphasis on enforcability, and debunking some of the common myths around these clauses within the community. This is an introductory episode in preparation for next week, when […]
The ‘Ugly’ in ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ from our 11 July 2025 podcast on Working From Home, from 11 July 2025. In a decision handed down on 8 July 2025, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia found that Hisense Australia Pty Ltd contravened the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (the FW Act) by taking adverse action […]
The ‘Good’ in ‘the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ from our 11 July 2025 podcast on Working From Home, from 11 July 2025. A self-represented Uber driver has launched a potentially precedent-setting case before the Fair Work Commission (FWC) challenging the fairness of his contract under new laws introduced through the Closing Loopholes reforms. On 5 January […]