Employment Law for the Time Poor
Episodes
#44 - Employment Relations Podcast: When is the deal done? Resolving employment disputes
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Authors: Emily Haar, Ben Motro Has this happened to your organisation? You’re negotiating an exit with an employee, or perhaps you are working throu...
#43 – Federal Election 2025: What is being proposed for industrial relations reform?
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Authors: Emily Haar, Andrew Stewart In this special election episode of Employment Law for the Time Poor, just in time for your second April-long wee...
#42 – What could the proposed ban on "non-competes" mean for Australian employers?
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Authors: Emily Haar, Andrew Stewart As part of the recent Federal Budget, the Treasurer announced plans to ban “non-compete” clauses in employment...
#41 – Understanding the Employment Law Considerations in Defence Export Controls
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Employment Relations Podcast #41 – Understanding the Employment Law Considerations in Defence Export Controls Authors: Emily Haar, Erin McCarthy, Tr...
#40 – Understanding the Australian Right to Disconnect
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Employment Relations Podcast #40 – Understanding the Australian Right to Disconnect Authors: Emily Haar, Lucie Lawrence-Wall The “right to disconn...
#39 – Restraints on restraints! What the United States’ ban on non-compete clauses could mean for Australian businesses
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The United States is planning to heavily restrict the use of non-compete clauses in employment contracts, and the Australian Government has released a...
#38 – Wage Theft: Go Directly to Jail?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the few constants in life and business is change. Come 1 January 2025, a significant shift will take place for national system employers when...
#37 – Closing Loopholes No. 2: Considering Complexities
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
February 2024 has been a big month for legislative change, particularly in the contentious arena of industrial relations. Seemingly out of nowhere, ...
#36 – What does a psychosocially safe workplace look like?
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Following the 2018 Boland Review into the model Work Health and Safety provisions, workplace psychosocial safety has squarely been on the policy agen...
#35 – The Governance of Decision Making in the Post-Qantas Environment
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The recent High Court decision in Qantas v TWU [2023] HCA 27 focussed on the question of how the general protections in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) w...
#34 – Do You See What I See? The Closing Loopholes Bill
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In comments to the National Press Club on 31 August 2023, Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke said that the Closing Loopholes Bill will address f...
#33 - National WHS Update: Industrial Manslaughter Laws and the Prohibition of Insurance
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial manslaughter may soon be an offence in almost all Australian jurisdictions. Recent amendments in certain jurisdictions have also introduced...
#32 – Addressing the Gender Pay Gap and Yet More Amendments to the Fair Work Act: What Employers Need to Know
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
International Women’s Day is observed internationally in March. In this episode of Employment Law for the Time Poor, join Professor Andrew Stewart...
#31 - Consultation: Who, What, Where, and How?
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Organisations have legal obligations to consult with their staff in particular situations. But what does that actually mean? In this episode of Em...
#30 - Industrial Relations in 2022 and Beyond: Year in Review
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s summertime in Australia and things are winding down, right? Perhaps not!  In this episode of Employment Law for the Time Poor join the Nation...
#29 - Secure Jobs Better Pay: What is in the final version?
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following our last discussion, in this edition Employment Law for the Time Poor, join Professor Andrew Stewart, Consultant, and Emily Haar (Partner), ...
#28 - The Secure Jobs Better Pay Bill: How will it impact your organisation?
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bumper-edition of Employment Law for the Time Poor, join Professor Andrew Stewart, Consultant, and Emily Haar (Partner), as they discu...
#27 - Respect@Work Part 2: What can organisations do now to be ready to comply with the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace?
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our two-part special series of Piper Alderman’s Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, join Emily Haar and Joe Murphy, Partners, a...
#26 - Respect@Work Part 1: Does your organisation understand its existing obligations to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace?
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first part of a two-part special series of Piper Alderman’s Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, join Emily Haar, Partner, and Mark Cai...
#25 - An overview of the general protections: When is a complaint an exercise of a workplace right, and who is the decision maker?
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 25 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Emily Haar, Partner, and Zoe McQuillan, Special Counsel, discuss the general protection...
#24 - Special Edition: Contract is King – the High Court decisions in Jamsek and Personnel Contracting
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 24 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, join Emily Haar and Professor Andrew Stewart for a discussion on the implications of th...
#23 - Recent Round-Up of Covid-19 Vaccination Decisions
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 23 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, join Partner Emily Haar and Special Counsel Emily Slaytor for a catch up on the recent ...
#22 - Moving to a Vaccinated Economy: What is an Employer to do?
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 22 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Partners Tim Lange and Joe Murphy discuss with Emily Haar what steps an employer can ta...
#21 - Workplace Investigations: Tips and Tricks
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 21 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Partner Ben Motro and Senior Associate Emily Haar as part of this financial year’s la...
#20 - The High Court’s Decision in Rossato: A Game-Changer for Contractual Interpretation of Employment and Independent Contractor Arrangements?
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 20 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Professor Andrew Stewart and Senior Associate Emily Haar discuss the High Court’s rec...
#19 - Privacy and Consent: Is your organisation collecting “sensitive” personal information about your staff?
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 19 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Partner Erin McCarthy, and Senior Associate Emily Haar, as they discuss how the Fair Wo...
#18 - COVID-19 Vaccinations and your workplace: Is it a lawful and reasonable direction to mandate a vaccination?
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 18 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Partner Erin McCarthy, and Senior Associate Emily Haar, as they discuss three recent Fa...
#17 - Civil Underpayments vs Criminal Wage Theft: Compare the Pair
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 17 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Partner Tim Lange, and Senior Associate Emily Haar, work through current employer expos...
#17 - Civil Underpayments vs Criminal Wage Theft: Compare the Pair
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 17 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, Partner Tim Lange, and Senior Associate Emily Haar, work through current employer expos...
#16 - The new Fair Work Amendment Bill – a taste of things to come in 2021
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 16 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor Podcast, join Professor Andrew Stewart, Partner Tim Lange, and Senior Associate Emily Haar, unpa...
#15 - What do organisations need to consider as remote working becomes optional again?
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 15 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Emily Haar and Hannah Linossier discuss what organisations need to think about if they ...
#14 - The impact of the gig economy on the concept of “work”: it’s broader than you might think
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 14 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Professor Andrew Stewart and Emily Haar build on their last discussion about what it me...
#13 - What makes a contractor a contractor?
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 13 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Professor Andrew Stewart and Emily Haar consider consider four recent cases on the vexe...
#12 - Are your casual employees really casual? A discussion of the Rossato decision
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 12 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Professor Andrew Stewart and Emily Haar consider the fallout from the Full Federal Cour...
#11 - Current and Post COVID Employment Restructuring: What Options Does Your Organisation Have?
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 11 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Chris Hartigan and Emily Haar discuss the particular requirements for implementing work...
#10 - What tools does your business have in its kit to deal with COVID-19 and beyond?
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Tim Capelin and Emily Haar discuss how businesses can use the current goodwill and coop...
#9 - April 2020 update regarding the employment law considerations arising from COVID-19
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Erin McCarthy and Emily Haar provide an update on particular employment law issues that ...
#8 - COVID-19 and Work Health and Safety Obligations
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 8 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Erin McCarthy and Emily Haar discuss the current COVID-19 situation through the lens of ...
#7 - Is your business prepared for the employment law consequences of COVID-19?
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 7 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, Professor Andrew Stewart and Emily Haar discuss some of the possible employment-law scen...
#6 – Overview of National Employment Standards and Award Annualised Salaries… coming to a workplace near you?
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 6 of our Employment Law for the Time Poor podcast, David Ey and Emily Haar consider what is on the horizon to be important in employment re...
#5 - Christmas Party Pitfalls
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Haar and Erin McCarthy discuss how to survive the office holiday party as a HR practitioner.
#4 - Part 3 of our Whistleblower Special
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our final part to our three-part special on whistleblower amendments, Emily Haar is joined by Tim Lange and Ben Motro to discuss the risks of publi...
#3 - Part 2 of our Whistleblower Special
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of our three-part special on the whistleblower amendments, Emily Haar is joined by Tim Lange and Ben Motro to discuss the requirements to ha...
#2 - Part 1 of our Whistleblower Special
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 1 of our three-part special edition dealing with the changes to whistleblower protections, Emily Haar is joined by Tim Lange and Ben Motro to ...
#1 - Why lawyers and maths don't mix
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Haar and Professor Andrew Stewart discuss Mondelez and other recent developments in employment law in Australia. Don't forget to subscribe to th...