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Backing a new employee in restrictive covenant proceedings can be costly

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • June 4 2013

Earlier this month, the New South Wales Supreme Court in Australia ordered costs against an employer which funded an employee's defence of restraint

Workplace view - June 2013

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • May 29 2013

While medical examinations form a routine part of the recruitment process and are regularly conducted in the course of employment as a consequence of

Variety no longer the spice of life for Mel B

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • May 13 2013

In a recent New South Wales decision, the Supreme Court of Australia found that television company Seven Network (Operations) Limited (Seven) was

Pre-employment criminal records checks - reasons for employers to tread carefully

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • April 29 2013

A recent finding in March 2013 by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that an employer discriminated against a job applicant by failing to

Australian cricketers test disciplinary boundaries

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • March 21 2013

Some months ago, I wrote an article comparing the process for Kevin Pietersen's reintegration into the England cricket team with the use of workplace

Could the office footy tipping competition get you more than you bargained for?

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • March 12 2013

As the footy season approaches, many offices will start running their traditional AFL or NRL tipping competition. Often these are run by staff

Employers to be aware and prepare - Privacy Act amendments

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • February 25 2013

The much anticipated privacy legislation passed through Federal Parliament late last year. Employers now need to be extra careful in the way they

Restrictive covenants in Australia are independent contractors and employees treated equally?

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • February 21 2013

No, a recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia has confirmed. In Informax International Pty Ltd v Clarius Group Ltd 2012 Clarius, a

Australia seeks to harmonise occupational health and safety laws

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • February 19 2013

Australia is making progress in its comprehensive attempts to harmonise Occupational Health and safety laws, although it is likely to be at least

An employee’s long term failure to comply with a grooming policy may not be enough to warrant a dismissal

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Australia
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  • January 24 2013

The FairWork Commission (FWC) has reinstated an employee who failed to comply with his employer's grooming policy. Virgin Australia (Virgin