A Word to the Wise
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Australia’s largest specialist employment, workplace relations and safety law firm
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One year in, and on the eve of a federal Government election, Partner Christa Lenard, Senior Associate Sophie Baartz, and Ombpoint’s Managing Director Lindall West, take a look at what has happened in relation to implementation during the last year and discuss whether the roadmap is working and what this means for employers and employees.
Following the recent elections in the Health Services Union, Partner Lucy Shanahan and Senior Associate Luke Maroney discuss the resulting increase to industrial strategy and reinvigoration of campaigns within the sector.
Alice DeBoos and Steven Amendola discuss the industrial proposals outlined in the outcomes document following the Jobs and Skills Summit.
Shelley Williams and Liam Fraser discuss the Government’s objectives including boosting job security and wages and creating safe, flexible and productive workplaces.
Michael Mead and Lucy Shanahan discuss the matters relating to the way, and terms under which employees are engaged, and offer advice for employers on the proposed amendments.
Christa Lenard and Michael Stutley discuss the Government’s immediate initiatives to address the migration and skills shortage.
Steven Amendola and Brendan Milne discuss the new world of enterprise bargaining under the Government’s new legislation.
Shelley Williams and Emily Baxter discuss the new pay secrecy, fixed term contracts and flexible work provisions and how they impact employers.
Kingston Reid’s Safety and regulatory Partners discuss how employers should position themselves with respect to navigating psychosocial risks.
In this insightful conversation your hosts clarify the precise nature and implications of safety regulators’ powers, and their expectations about how they believe the regulatory landscape will unfold for PCBU’s (persons conducting a business or undertaking).
In the first Word to the Wise podcast for 2025, Kingston Reid partners John Makris, Liam Fraser, and Michael Stutley are back for another Safety and Regulatory update.
In this episode, the team pick up where they left off, reflecting on the key trends from 2024 which are expected to continue into the new year, including the continued focus from regulators on safety leadership in the psychosocial hazards space. They also look at two recent cases, one in Australia and one in New Zealand, which shed further light on the due diligence duties of officers in large companies and explain what the key lessons are for employers.
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