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Employers that want to make casual employees permanent should include new entitlement calculations in their considerations, an employment lawyer says.

Offshoring or outsourcing an organisation's HR function can save money in the short-term, but employers should beware of hidden costs and legal risks, an employment lawyer warns.

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An employer has achieved "amazing" engagement among a team of 400 remote contract workers, in the absence of any face-to-face contact whatsoever.

An employer has discovered a big downside to converting its casual and on-hire workers to permanent: a marked increase in workers' compensation claims, according to its general manager of HR support.

A worker's claim that an HR advisor tried to coerce him not to challenge a workplace investigation's findings has been rejected in the Federal Court.

Too many employers end up at the wrong end of a claim because they fall for common employment law 'myths', according to workplace relations experts.

Shifting the emphasis in unfair dismissal proceedings off process and onto the reasons for termination would - if implemented - be a welcome change for HR professionals, employment lawyers say.

Organisations that use their HR department to manage employees but their accounts department to manage contractors could be heightening their risk of sham contracting arrangements, says an employment law expert.

An employee who was described as a "super manager" - but deemed "unsuitable" for her role after she made a s-xual harassment complaint - was exposed to unlawful adverse action, the Federal Circuit Court has found.