An HSR’s use of Provisional Improvement Notices during bargaining puts safety in the spotlight

Around 600 Qantas Ground Services workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of protected industrial action during bargaining for an enterprise agreement, significantly impacting airport operations.

Eight boxes to tick before you terminate anyone

In our recent webinar, Termination without tears, we asked our participants about their termination process: 56 per cent of attendees had faced, or come close to facing, an unfair dismissal …

The hidden safety risks in Australia’s nursing and care workforce

More than 657,000 people work across roles including registered nurses, aged and disabled carers, nursing support and personal care workers, enrolled and mothercraft nurses, and midwives.

AI is testing cyber controls. Can you prove yours hold up?

AI is lowering the barrier to sophisticated attacks and shrinking the gap between a vulnerability being discovered and being exploited.

Common compliance issues: travel time, allowances, and overtime

Travel time, allowances, and overtime are common compliance blind spots for businesses with mobile or multi-site teams, often because rules get applied inconsistently rather than by design. The article covers …

The $5.3 million payroll error that’s easier to fix than you expect

$5.3 million, 3,600 underpaid workers, 22 businesses in 5 states. These are the staggering figures released today from the Fair Work Ombudsman’s investigation into underpayment across the aged care industry.

The bargaining table isn’t where enterprise agreements are won

Navigating the new general protections landscape

The vote itself sits with the broader workforce, not with the handful of bargaining representatives who spent months across the table from each other.

How to use the Government’s Industry Data Classification Framework (IDCF) to bolster your data security

Man holding a tablet in an office setting

If your business holds customer or employee information, a data breach isn’t a hypothetical – it’s an escalating threat. Many breaches happen because no one was clear on how sensitive that data was. The Australian Government’s new …

WFH win for employers – with a compliance catch

The Fair Work Commission has delivered its decision on working from home under the Clerks – Private Sector Award 2020 ([2026] FWCFB 225). The headline is a win for employers. …

Worker ordered to pay employers legal costs after using AI to pursue a ‘hopeless’ unfair dismissal claim

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has ordered a sacked ALDI worker to pay some of the retailer’s legal costs, after finding his AI-drafted unfair dismissal claim was ‘hopeless’ from the …