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In discussion and reporting of all the recent Fair Work Act changes, relatively little focus has been paid to the ways HR practitioners can be found personally liable for employers' contraventions, a lawyer says.

Under the wage theft laws that came into effect this year, HR professionals can be joined as individual respondents to an action, and breaches – such as aiding and abetting wage theft – are considered a criminal offence, explains Dentons partner Paul O'Halloran.

Accessorial liability provisions do not attach to criminal proceedings, he tells a new HR Daily Premium webcast on HR's personal liability risks...