Welcome to the HWLE National Safety Newsletter
Sexual and gender-based harassment – code of practice SafeWork Australia published the new Code of Practice (CoP) in December 2023 on…
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Director convicted and fined for sexual harassment at work
A director and two companies were convicted and fined in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for breaching the Occupational Health and…
Could your business be vicariously liable for the negligence of a non-employee worker?
It is a longstanding and well understood principle of common law that an employer will be vicariously liable for damage…
Secure Jobs, Better Pay – Landmark Changes to National Industrial Laws
On 6 December 2022 the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Cth) (Act) received Royal Assent…
The defamation risk of limiting the use of NDAs in resolving workplace sexual harassment claims
Key points Employers will have different risk appetites and values propositions which may impact the preferred approach to resolving workplace…
‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH’: WA workplace safety alert
For many years, employers have been required to provide employees with a workplace that is, so far are reasonably practicable,…