In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment & Safety Partner Helene Lee and Senior Associate Angela Cartwright discuss ways to promote a workplace culture built on respect and accountability.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Partners Michelle Segeart and Kurt Tiam discuss key considerations for venture capital fundraising for startups and discuss the life cycle of venture capital funding.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment & Safety Partner Paul O'Halloran (link bio) sits down with distinguished barrister Ian Latham to discuss accessorial liability for workplace law breaches.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Partner Jackie Hamilton and Special Counsel Lara Hues sit down to discuss the key developments in public sector employment.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment & Safety Partner Paul O'Halloran and Solicitor Michelle Huang delve into the topic of psychosocial hazards. They discuss strategies for employers to manage psychosocial risks in the workplace and provide insights on how to prepare for the new regulations announced by the Victorian government, which are set to take effect in October 2025.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment & Safety Partner Paul O'Halloran sits down with renowned workplace lawyer Josh Bornstein to discuss freedom of speech, employee rights in Australia, and the legal protections available to employees.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Associate Peter Watkins chats with leading employment barrister Tim Donaghey about the complexities of the general protections/adverse action regime and the difficulties associated with defending general protections disputes.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast Ruth Nocka, Partner and Julia Leeds, Senior Associate in our Employment and Safety team discuss how implementing measures to provide a safer and inclusive place of work is beneficial beyond simply meeting the ever-expanding list of legislative obligations on employers. Along with tips for employers, decision-makers and directors on limiting legal risk arising from poor workplace culture.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Partners Robyn Chatwood and Matthew Hennessy review some of the key decisions and legal updates in 2024 and outline what is in store for 2025. Along with the risks faced by companies and their directors if their standard form agreements have unfair contract terms.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, our Employment & Safety team wrap up the key takeaways from the biggest cases and legal developments of 2024 plus give some insights on what employers can expect in 2025.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment Partner Persephone Stuckey-Clarke and Solicitor Ashlee Nealon discuss the 2024 gender pay gap, highlighted by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s release of private sector data. They explore how recent gender pay gap trends might play out in practice and why they matter for businesses and society.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment Partner Justin Le Blonde discuss restraints of trade and the misuse of confidential information/intellectual property, including enforcement/protection, and recent trends and case law.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment Partner Edmund Burke delves into the intriguing balance between employer authority and employee autonomy. From the power to censor social media, mandate vaccinations, and even test blood alcohol levels, to the legal liabilities stemming from off-duty employee actions, the boundaries of workplace regulation are becoming increasingly complex. Can the line between our personal lives and professional lives be revived? Or is the idea as outdated as land lines and travellers’ cheques? Fair Work’s ‘right to disconnect’ may be an attempt to redraw the line, but the ancient wisdom of “never bring work home with you” seems more unattainable than ever.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Managing Associate Alexandra Terrill and Senior Associate Antonia Hudson discuss how Artificial Intelligence is, and will, impact the workplace in terms of recruitment, managing performance and conduct and termination of employment. Along with the privacy implications, and likely changes to privacy laws as they relate to the employment relationship.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Ruth Nocka, Partner and Julia Leeds, Senior Associate in our Employment and Safety team discuss the key trends to emerge from decisions in the Fair Work Commission in 2024, messages of interest for employers from the WHS regulators, the FWO and AHRC and more.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Paul O’Halloran, Partner and Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations, is joined by Katherine Wirth, Director at Teamwirks as they discuss the trips, traps and tips relating to workplace investigations and why they are an increasing area of litigation and distress for employers worldwide.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Nicholas Linke, Partner is joined by guest presenter Dr Kirsty McCulloch, Director of Kirsty McCulloch Consulting to explore emerging issues and practical management strategies related to fatigue-risk management, staffing and workload in your organisation.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Managing Associate, Alexandra Terrill explores the legal and practical implications of wage underpayment and how employers can avoid jail time with Jon Williams, Client Success Executive & Dr Behrang ZadJabbari, Partner at Findex Consulting.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Ruth Nocka, Partner in the Employment and Safety Team discusses the critical changes impacting businesses across Australia as a result of the new Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill. This amendment will introduce the most significant changes to Australia’s Fair Work Act in over a decade.
In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Paul O’Halloran, Partner and Alexandra Terrill, Managing Associate at Dentons explore the forensic aspect of background checks with Roger Darvall-Stevens, Partner and Head of Fraud & Forensic Services and Milind Sheth, Senior Manager at RSM. Hiring an employee who conceals background information critical to hiring decisions is a reoccurring issue that employers often discover only when it’s too late.