In 2013, the previous Victorian Liberal Government directed the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission ("the Commission") to review the personal injury provisions of the Wrongs Act ("the Act"). The review was intended to ...

1 July 2015 heralded major changes to the Workers Compensation scheme in South Australia; many of these changes revolve around the concept of "serious injury". The Return to Work Act 2014 replaces the Workers Rehabilitation and C...

Building healthy and harmonious workplaces is something that all businesses are striving to create. However, a factor that can negatively impact on a harmonious workplace is inappropriate behaviour. For employers, understanding t...

A recent decision by the Federal Circuit Court of Australia has now clarified that, in New South Wales at least, employees continue to accrue annual leave when they are absent from work and receiving workers compensation payments....

The Federal Government has introduced a suite of industrial relations changes into Federal Parliament.  The proposals affect important areas, including annual leave, individual flexibility arrangements, greenfields agreements, pr...

The recent focus on workplace bullying has been taken to a new level with two recent and important developments: the release of a Guide for Preventing and Responding to Workplace Bullying (Guide) by Safe Work Australia, and the re...