4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (707+ words) Employment lawyer Adrienne Drew explains how HR can hire fast without breaking foreign labour law A contract drafted by an off-the-shelf AI tool can look polished and still miss the one clause that keeps a company out of court. Artificial…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1004+ words) Australia's second tranche of Privacy Act reforms proposes sweeping new rules on data handling and individual rights Australia’s privacy regime is set for another major overhaul, with the Federal Government unveiling its long-awaited second tranche of Privacy Act reforms. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (619+ words) New case demonstrates impact of AI on employment law disputes For all the talk of how extra­or­di­nary and trans­for­ma­tive arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) can sup­pos­ed­ly be, it con…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (321+ words) The tool Google gave her to write a self-review is where she says the pay math fell apart A Black executive at Google says it kept her pay below its own salary range for years - and that an internal AI…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (244+ words) His firing claim died on a deadline - but the interview questions kept the case alive Yelp must face claims it refused to rehire a cancer survivor because of his disability, a federal court ruled. A federal magistrate judge in Washington,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (167+ words) A quiet-desk request, a denied leave extension, and a firing four days after she came back An HR partner says Blue Origin fired her days after she returned from leave, over her request to work in a quieter building. That…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (517+ words) Smart glasses are creating a fast-moving sexual misconduct exposure for schools, healthcare providers and other organizations, with discreet recording capabilities raising questions about supervision, privacy and where claims may land across insurance programs. The devices can resemble ordinary eyewear while…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1177+ words) Underpayments, psychosocial hazards, AI litigation and more – experts share what HR teams need to act on now The Employment Law Masterclass 2026 has come and gone, bringing together some of Australia's leading employment, safety and industrial relations lawyers for a day-long…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (540+ words) New guidance requires GenAI disclosure in unfair dismissal and other Commission cases from 20 October The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has published its final Guidance Note on the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in Commission cases, requiring anyone who uses…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (341+ words) A $638 million figure in a draft reference letter now sits at the heart of a lawsuit A former Meta manager says the company fired him after he refused to sign a reference letter as drafted, claiming it overstated a team…...