The Friday Workplace Briefing, hosted by Andrew Douglas and Karen Luu

We trust that you had time to reflect and rest over the ANZAC break and are ready for this special Monday delivery of the Friday Workplace Briefing. In this episode Andrew and Kim discuss the death without inquest of Karla Lee Jordan: The Toxic Culture in the Workplace and the Future of Industrial Manslaughter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We hope everyone has enjoyed their Easter celebrations and break and are ready for this special Tuesday delivery of the Friday Workplace Briefing. In this episode Andrew and Nina discuss: The Victorian Court of Appeal rebalance with Industrial Manslaughter. As fines are higher than ever before, Andrew and Nina focus on the LH Holdings case and what it means.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week’s Friday Workplace Briefing Andrew and Tom will be discussing: What you must prove when you allege industrial collusion between a Union and others (the secondary boycott provisions).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Kim and Nina will be discussing - The Future of Employee Restraint Clauses in Australia. With the announcement in last week's Budget, will the Chalmer’s Budget crackdown on non-compete and related restraints ever come into effect and what will it mean if it does?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Andrew and Tom will be discussing workplace flexibility and what are reasonable business grounds?They will be answering questions such as: · who can request flexibility? · what must you do to request this, including the process · what are reasonable business grounds?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Andrew and Nina are focused on Workers Recording Performance Management and Disciplinary Meetings – What is the Law and Your Powers as an Employer. Understand the process, what you and your organisation can and can’t do.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this landmark episode Andrew and Kim are covering ‘What do you do when someone frustrates your capacity to safely return them to work?’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Andrew and Nina will be sharing their thoughts and recommendations relating to sentencing occupational health and safety offences in Victoria. They will discuss how to prepare your organisation to adhere to the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council's recommendations and focus on increased penalties for prosecutions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Andrew and Tom (in his first Friday Workplace Briefing appearance) will be discussing the new regulations announced by the Victorian Government to protect workers from psychosocial hazards. With Victoria pressing the button on the Psychosocial Hazards Law, is it different from the other states and what will its impact be?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Andrew and Nina will be discussing why having Labour Hire protects no one in Safety Law and the painful lessons of AH Vision.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Andrew and Nina explore an interesting case which demonstrates there is a clear difference between how reasonable management action is viewed in both the bullying jurisdictions and workers compensation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to our first Friday Workplace Briefing for 2025. This week, Andrew and Nina will be discussing the way you terminate - focused on Psychological Damages and Corporate Risk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Andrew and Kim will be discussing the issue of the Christmas Bully and Harasser - will it happen again? It is important to understand what your duties are as an employer around safe celebrations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Andrew and Kim will be discussing the issue of the Christmas Bully and Harasser - will it happen again? It is important to understand what your duties are as an employer around safe celebrations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina will be discussing the impact on organizations of having 'great policy but bad practice' – when your own system proves you are liable.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew will discuss constructive dismissal and when a resignation is not actually considered a resignation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week's Friday Workplace Briefing Andrew will be explaining how the latest Supreme Court case on restraints helps us understand the lay of the land when it comes to restraints in the workplace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Kim and Nina are presenting a special episode in Andrew's absence; discussing surveillance at work, when it is useful and what the risks are.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss protecting the identity of the complainant for their safety: what the courts are saying. Complainants often fear reprisals, particularly in bullying complaints. When and under what circumstances can you conceal the names of complainants and witnesses?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss employees' continuing desire to work from home and the significant risks for employers related to workers' compensation and safety law.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss how culture is king and the impact of flawed leadership on culture. They will cover the Channel 9 review and the safety, employment law, and reputational risks associated with decision making.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss the risks of not nominating and quarantining the decision maker in an investigation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss the risks of using employment or independent contractor agreements for overseas employees and how a recent case has extended employees' rights under the Fair Work Act.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina are on the road coming to you from the Alpine Region where they are doing a Mock Court. They are discussing the emerging new law developing in the Fair Work Commission (FWC) regarding the expanding expectations of fairness during investigations. These critical attacks on historically safe investigations speaks to where the new law is going and what you must do to avoid risks.​​See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss safety managers pushing back on employers, the protection of anti-discrimination provisions in safety law and what not to do.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss contractors and genuine redundancies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss if office jokes and pranks are funny, or just plain wrong. People respond differently to the same situation and psychosocial hazards and must be considered. How do we preserve a happy working environment without harming?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss the right to disconnect and how that is not necessarily the right to say no to work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss the right way to manage pregnant workers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim give an update on what is happening to the CFMEU. It appears the gloves are off and everyone is after them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss how a principal contractor owes duties to other workers on site and how a new Supreme Court case makes this clear.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss how recent WorkSafe charges of reckless endangerment over a failure to manage fatigue leading to the death of an employee, impacts the workplace. Recently, WorkSafe have laid charges of reckless endangerment against a company and its sole director over a failure to manage fatigue leading to the death of an employee. The decision to charge takes fatigue management out of Chain of Responsibilities law and makes fatigue in all aspects of work a high-risk aspect of work requiring review.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss what is happening with the CFMEU. Is the CFMEU bad? Or are we bad for allowing it to become what it is? The history of the building industry and its ties to organised crime are well known. What will happen now, what happened in the past and what MUST we learn to stop it happening again. The above is not a political issue, but a leadership issue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss what our officers must know to be safe and build safety. Our leaders are facing new safety challenges from their business, the regulators and now the courts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss that sometimes the desire to protect a complainant can have terrible consequences. Doing it the right way ensures the victim is safe and the disciplinary process has integrity. Sometimes the desire to protect a complaint can have terrible consequences. Doing it the right way ensures the victim is safe and the disciplinary process has integrity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Nina discusses medicinal cannabis and when it is safe to work.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss negotiating your Enterprise Agreement. After taking us through preparation of EAs last week, this week they are digging into how to do it and the rules surrounding them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss what are the best processes to follow to review your Enterprise Agreements when they are expiring, so you can get the best commercial outcome for your business.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HR and safety managers are often asked to bend the rules - what should they do? In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss the Duties of HR and OHS Managers to stand up for what is right.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss the standard of proof and process in managing a theft allegation in your workplace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss the law around inherent requirements of the job and false representations of fitness to work, at the time of employment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss how discipline is permitted when there is a misuse of social media to criticise bosses online with work colleagues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss employers' rights and obligations when the Union comes knocking.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss when trying to avoid the FWC jurisdiction through the use of Fixed Term Contracts is unconscionable – termination at the initiative of the employer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Qiuyi be discuss 'The Big Drink'. When is last night's big night too much? They will explore when out of hours drinking makes an employee unsafe to work and risks termination of employment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss: who will be charged next with Industrial Manslaughter? Who are the safety regulators charging and why? They will also be sharing lessons for employers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Kim discuss when HR and OHS Managers can be liable for their actions and examining new case law that is going to explain the do's and dont's.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this week's Friday Workplace Briefing Andrew and Nina analyse when managing conflict tips over to bullying. In a recent case before the FWC, an employer's sometimes flawed attempts at managing an employee and the conflict that followed was held to not be bulling. - Where do you draw the line, and does it matter for other workplace law like workers' compensation, general protections and safety law?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss the big fight over Award flexibility. The unions push for flexibility unless unjustifiable hardship – where will it end up?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's Friday Workplace Briefing, Andrew and Nina discuss a significant case before the High Court considering the potential for damages for psychiatric damage from a flawed termination, investigation and disciplinary process.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When is an offer to settle enough to trigger a costs order? This week, Andrew Douglas and Kim McLagan tell us what the essential ingredients are for a successful offer of settlement to an employee.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.