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Shadow AI in the Workplace: How Australian Employers Can Manage the Governance, Privacy and Employment Risks
Shadow AI is the use of artificial intelligence tools by employees for work — without the employer’s knowledge, approval or oversight, usually through public generative AI chatbots
Reasonable Redeployment in Genuine Redundancy: Why “No Vacancies” Is No Longer Enough After the High Court’s Helensburgh Decision
When you make a role redundant, can you rely on the fact that there were simply no other jobs going? Not any more. Following the High
The Salary Trap: What the Coles and Woolworths Decision Means for Annualised Salaries and Set-Off Arrangements
If you pay an annual salary to award-covered staff, the Coles and Woolworths underpayment decision should be on your radar. Paying a generous salary that “washes
Return to Work Under Pressure: Managing Injury, Capacity and Employer Risk in the Australian Workplace
Managing ill and injured employees is one of the highest-risk tasks any Australian employer faces. When a worker is injured or falls ill, several legal regimes switch
The First 48 Hours After a Serious Workplace Incident: An Employer’s Response Plan
When a worker is killed or seriously injured at work, the first 48 hours shape everything that follows — your legal exposure, your standing with the WHS
Workplace Investigations Done Right: How to Protect Your Organisation Through Process, Procedural Fairness and Privilege
A well-run workplace investigation is one of the strongest risk-management tools an Australian employer has. Done properly, it gives you a defensible basis to act on misconduct.
Probation Done Properly: What Employer Obligations Under the Fair Work Act Really Mean
Probation is not a legal safe zone. Ending employment during probation removes unfair dismissal exposure — but not a general protections claim, a discrimination complaint,
The Positive Duty Explained: How Australian Employers Prevent Sexual Harassment at Work
The biggest shift in Australian sexual harassment law is not a new penalty or complaint form. It is a change in who must act, and when.
When HR Decisions Become WHS Risks: Managing the Intersection Between Psychosocial Safety Law and Employment Law
Performance-manage an underperformer, restructure a team or investigate a bullying complaint, and you are no longer working within employment law alone. That decision now sits inside your
General Protections Claims: What the Fair Work Commission’s New Case Management Means for Australian Employers
The Fair Work Commission has overhauled how general protections claims are run, and the shift favours prepared employers. Representation is decided “on the papers” before conference; out-of-time applications are
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