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A case in which an employee's role was made redundant following an "informal chat" is a good reminder for HR practitioners to carefully consider their consultation obligations before making redundancies, according to an employment lawyer.

Court and Fair Work Commission rulings this year have changed the way your organisation should manage its employment law compliance and liability risks. Watch this webcast to understand how to manage its legal exposure.

A recent Federal Court case will make it easier for employees to prosecute employers that fail to uphold the commitments they make in workplace policies, warns a lawyer.

Organisations involved in mergers and acquisitions might be entitled to offer workers employment without recognising their previous service, but no matter how the contracts are worded, some leave entitlements always remain, warns employment lawyer Athena Koelmeyer.

Do you know how a business sale, insourcing or outsourcing decisions affect employment arrangements and employees' entitlements? This webcast explains the HR implications of these transactions.

The Fair Work Commission has delivered a scathing rebuke to an employer that failed to consult with a worker about making her role redundant while she was recovering from cancer.

An employer breached the National Employment Standards and a worker's contract when it failed to return him to full-time work after parental leave, but it did not take adverse action against him, a court has ruled.

An employer has been ordered to pay a former senior executive more than $2.9 million after a court found his employment contract incorporated the company's unpublished redundancy policy.

The Federal Court has clarified a grey area of the Fair Work Act, ruling on the rate at which employees should be paid out their annual leave entitlements upon termination.

The High Court's ruling that Australian contracts do not impose a duty of trust and confidence is a welcome one for employers, but not a green light to ignore their own policies and procedures, an employment law specialist says.