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KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHTS

Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
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Legal liability for AI-driven decisions – when AI gets it wrong, who can you turn to?
Given the rapidly increasing integration of artificial intelligence models into traditional industries and businesses globally, in this article…
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Workplace Relations Update 2025 – The Year Ahead
This year's update from the national Workplace Relations Team of HFW Australia provides a collection of insightful, forward-looking thought pieces…
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Have you under-estimated the risk of multi-employer enterprise bargaining
One of the key changes made to the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) by the Fair Work Legislation Amendment…
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Redundancy risks – two cautionary tales for employers
Employers seeking to restructure their businesses, particularly in an increasingly complex financial and operational landscape…
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Wage theft has been criminalised: Is your business at risk?
As of 1 January 2025, it is a federal criminal offence for employers to intentionally underpay their employees…
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Around the grounds – discrimination reforms in focus
The laws relating to discrimination in connection with work have been the subject of a range of developments in recent…
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Privacy in the spotlight
It has been an interesting 12 months in the world of privacy law, with some interesting decisions and a tranche of legislative reforms…
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Disconnecting in a connected world: The effectiveness of the Australian Right to Disconnect
In August 2024, the introduction of the right to disconnect saw…
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Will WFH become a right for all employees or is it just hype?
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home arrangements were considered a perk, primarily available…
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Questions left unanswered: When will an employer be liable for an employee’s psychiatric injury?
In December 2024, the High Court concluded an almost…
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Internal or external workplace investigation? – that is the question
Employers faced with employee misconduct will often ask: should my business conduct a workplace investigation internally or…
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Developments in workplace safety: Psychosocial risk reforms in Australia
There is a growing body of research that indicates that workplace stress, bullying, harassment, and lack of support…
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