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Carly Stebbing promoted to Special Counsel and introducing Tass Angelopoulos
We hope that you had a refreshing and safe break, we look forward to working with you again this year. The purpose of this email is to share some news about our Firm. Carly Stebbing (nee Fielding) joined National Workplace Lawyers in 2010 as an Associate Solicitor and was promoted to Senior Associate in May 2011. Over the past three and a half years, Carly has assisted in the growth of the Firm's practice and has proven herself to be a trusted advisor. Carly is routinely praised for her availability, efficiency and the practical manner in which she conducts the matters she has carriage for. Carly is a skilled negotiator and advocate who has secured highly beneficial outcomes for clients both in litigious and non-litigious matters. In recognition of Carly's skills and experience, National Workplace Lawyers is pleased to announce Carly's promotion to Special Counsel from 1 January 2014. You can review Carly's full profile at this link. As you may be awa...
14 January 2014Safe Work Australia Release Guide for Preventing and Responding to Workplace Bullying
Safe Work Australia has recently released a Guide for preventing and responding to workplace bullying. The guide replaces the previously released draft Code of Practice: Preventing and Responding to Workplace Bullying. Both guides and codes of practice both provide practical advice to duty holders on achieving the standard of health and safety required under the model WHS Act and Regulations. However, guides are generally less prescriptive than codes and, unlike codes, are not automatically admissible in court proceedings. Contents of the new guide In brief, the contents of the Guide for preventing and responding to workplace bullying include the following aspects which were not included in the draft code of practice: an outline of the risk factors which may increase the risk of workplace bullying occurring; further development of the prevention of workplace bullying guidelines and the policy example; a dot ...
11 December 2013Getting ready for the new workplace bulling laws - cost effective and practical preparation for employers
One of the fastest growing areas in workplace law is in the workplace bullying space. Despite the relatively high profile that workplace bullying has had in recent years, it has, in fact, been relatively difficult for an aggrieved employee to successfully pursue a legal remedy against their employer. In short, the traditional legal avenues that have been available to an aggrieved employee to advance a claim of workplace bullying have been legalistic, expensive and time consuming to pursue. This will all change with the introduction of the new workplace bullying laws that will apply across Australia from 1 January 2014. From 1 January 2014, an employee who wishes to legally pursue their employer over a workplace bullying grievance, will have a relatively speedy and cost effective way of doing so in the form of an application to the Fair Work Commission. The Fair Work Commission estimates that it will receive approximately 3,500 workplace bullying complaints p...
11 October 2013