Recent articles
Employment Law Roundup. 31 March 2022
On 31 March 2022, Elizabeth Devine presented a seminar on behalf of Legalwise Seminars in Sydney entitled 'Employment Law Roundup'. After a decade or so of relative stability, the practice of employment law during the [...]
Employment Law Roundup. 31 March 2022
On 31 March 2022, Elizabeth Devine presented a seminar on behalf of Legalwise Seminars in Sydney entitled 'Employment Law Roundup'. After a decade or so of relative stability, the practice of employment law during the [...]
Strategies for Managing Long-Term Injured Employees
On 10 March 2022, Elizabeth provided an encore presentation of her paper 'Watching the Clock: Strategies for Managing Long-Term Injured Employees'to the Melbourne Employment Law Conference on behalf of the Television Education Network. This paper, [...]
Mental Health and Employment Law Conference
On 21 October 2021, Elizabeth Devine provided a presentation to Thomson Reuters' Mental Health and Employment Law Conference on the topic of ''The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health in the Workplace'. Elizabeth's presentation discussed [...]
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Adverse Actions and General Protections: Dodging the Traps for Employers
On 7 September 2021, Elizabeth gave an encore presentation of her paper 'Adverse Actions and General Protections: Dodging the Traps for Employers' for the Television Education Network ('TEN'). This paper, originally presented in August 2021 [...]
Navigating the Minefield: Contracts in Audiology
On 31 August 2021, Elizabeth Devine gave a presentation on behalf of Audiology Australia to recent graduates of audiology. Elizabeth was invited to provide the presentation - Navigating the Minefield: Contracts in Audiology - to [...]
National Minimum Wage Decision
As of 1 July 2021, the National Minimum Wage ('NMW') increases to $772.60 per week or $20.33 per hour. If an employee is an Award employee, or covered by an enterprise agreement, the minimum rate [...]
Changes to the Income Threshold for Unfair Dismissal
Employees who are dismissed on or after 1 July 2022 will be eligible to make an unfair dismissal claim if they have served the relevant period of employment (12 months if employed by a small [...]
Stage Two of the JobKeeper Scheme: What changes, what remains
On 28 September 2020 the second stage of the JobKeeper Scheme will begin. I have prepared an article to explain what changes and what remains and to provide some practical tips about what different categories [...]
How to Navigate the Litigation Hot Spots of Redundancies and Standing Down
On 3 September 2020 Elizabeth Devine presented a paper on 'How to Navigate the Litigation Hot Spots of Redundancies and Standing Down' at Legalwise Seminar's 'Workplace Law: The Top 3 Employee Risks Right Now' webinar. [...]