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Businesses will find it much harder to sack underperforming new hires shortly before they reach their six-month probation due to the High Court’s Qantas ruling, experts say.

King & Wood Mallesons is one of a number of law firms embroiled in litigation, while the wait continues for a new Federal Court chief justice.

National firm, Kingston Reid (KR), has appointed Beth Robinson to partner, she will be located in their Perth office.   Ms Robinson has extensive experience in workplace relations across a range o

The 139,651 workers covered by new enterprise agreements struck in 2022 have won pay rises of between 2.2 per cent and 3.0 per cent, new data shows.

Poor behaviour is increasingly being called out by victims, who have been emboldened by advocates such as Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame.

National specialist workplace law firm Kingston Reid has brought its partner numbers to 12, with the appointment of a Melbourne-based practitioner to the partnership ranks. Brendan Milne (pictured)

A decision that held BHP’s COVID-19 jab requirement was unlawful has exposed the ‘Achilles heel’ of employer mandates, a top legal expert warns.

Victoria and NSW vow to keep their borders open as South Australia resisted mounting pressure amid a growing COVID outbreak; Fauci says early omicron reports “encouraging”. Follow updates here.

Leading law firm Gilbert & Tobin is introducing a ‘no jab, no office’ policy for when lockdowns end.

No jab, no party rule is likely to be legal Share Private businesses wanting to mandate that customers and patrons are vaccinated against COVID-19 before entering their premises will probably be entitled to do so under the law, though experts say is less likely they can impose the same requirement on staff. President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.  Several high-profile public figures including US President-elect Joe Biden have publicly been vaccinated in an...