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ABLA wins Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Ye
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ABLA wins Employment Law Specialist Firm of the Year

Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA) is proud to announce being awarded ‘Employment Specialist Firm of the Year’ at this year’s Australasian Law Awards 2018.

Employees will be entitled to unpaid domestic viol
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Employees will be entitled to unpaid domestic violence leave

The Fair Work Commission has decided to include a model clause in all 122 modern awards that entitles all employees (including casuals) to 5 days of unpaid family and domestic violence leave.

Family friendly test case proceedings
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Family friendly test case proceedings

The Fair Work Commission recently handed down its decision in the family friendly test case proceedings as part of the Four Yearly Review of Modern Awards.

What if Labor wins the next Federal election?
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What if Labor wins the next Federal election?

In 2017, the industrial relations implications of a Labor government was the most frequently asked question from senior IR people in client businesses.

Jail time for WHS negligence now a reality
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Jail time for WHS negligence now a reality

Mr Day, the principal of Cold Spark Pty Ltd, did not pay enough attention to his safety obligations, and now is in jail.

Mental health: The invisible challenge for busines
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Mental health: The invisible challenge for business

You’d have to be living in a cave if you weren’t aware of an employee who suffered mental ill-health at one point. The pressures of daily life, financial stress, job insecurity and personal challenges create situations that flow into the workplace

Work health and safety amendment Bill 2018
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Work health and safety amendment Bill 2018

New South Wales has introduced a Bill that will make both miscellaneous amendments to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) (WHS Act) and provide certain members of the NSW Police Force with protection from prosecution. 

Tips for managing millennial employees
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Tips for managing millennial employees

Once you gain a better understanding of why it is that millennials have been branded with the particular traits attributed to them as employees, you start to realise that it has very little to do with their age or being part of a particular generation.

Sexual harassment in the #MeToo milieu
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Sexual harassment in the #MeToo milieu

In October 2017, the New York Times reported decades of sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Coupled with the #MeToo social media campaign, a global discussion on sexual harassment in the workplace was unleashed.

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