Inside IR EP22: The right to disconnect

Recorded 23 August 2024

In this episode of Inside IR, Steve Bell and Natalie Gaspar explore the new "right to disconnect" in Australia, which allows employees to refuse to monitor or respond to work-related communications outside of their ordinary hours, unless it is unreasonable to do so. Steve and Nat explore the implications of these new laws, including the role of the Fair Work Commission, how the laws intersect with broader obligations to manage psychosocial risk, the increasing awareness among workers of their rights to reasonable working hours, and the role of employers in managing these expectations.

Inside IR EP21: Navigating intractable enterprise bargaining – key learnings so far

Recorded 20 August 2024

In this not-to-be-missed episode of Inside IR, Partner Nick Ogilvie and Senior Associate Victoria Fijalski join Rohan Doyle to explore the learnings that can be taken from employers’ early experiences with the new intractable bargaining regime. Join Nick, Vic and Rohan as they:

• recap on what the intractable bargaining regime is, and provide a refresher on the preconditions that need to be met for the Fair Work Commission to make an intractable bargaining declaration;
• review the case law within the intractable bargaining jurisdiction to date, and identify the 5 key traps for employers – mistakes that, if made, are going to lead to poor bargaining outcomes – and tips for how to avoid them; and
• answer the burning question – is there any upside in the intractable bargaining regime for employers?

Safety Leadership Series 2024: Investigating and reflecting on incidents in a robust regulatory landscape

We discuss the trends in how organisations are responding to and reflecting on incidents and issues which give rise to legal, regulatory and reputational risk.

The Panel discuss the way in which organisations have adapted to the change in the regulatory, legal and risk landscape and how are organisations investigating, reflecting on and learning in the face of robust regulator and stakeholder interactions.

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Employment & IR Briefing Series: "Closing Loopholes" reforms, including the contentious right to disconnect amendments

In our first Employment & IR Briefing Series for 2024, the team discuss the second tranche of "Closing Loopholes" reforms, including the contentious right to disconnect amendments.

In this session, our expert panel dive into how the current Australian IR and workplace reforms are beginning to play out across the country – in particular regulated labour hire arrangement (same job same pay) orders, intractable bargaining, and engaging contingent workers and employees on fixed term contracts.

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