The right to disconnect – what’s it all about?

Legislation was recently passed by the federal parliament officially giving employees a “right to disconnect” outside their working hours. Subject to certain narrow exceptions (eg defence and national security), the new right applies to all private sector and federal...

There is nothing legally special about retirement!

Retirement is a special moment in every employee’s life. But, to take a cue from the current McCains Pizza ad, retirement really is “nothing special” legally in that it has no special legal status in employment law and does not give rise to any retirement specific...

Workplace investigations – what’s the point?

Many employees have unrealistic expectations of workplace investigation processes and outcomes. Employees will usually be involved in a workplace investigation as the person making a complaint or as the respondent to a complaint. In most cases, the starting point for...