The Friday Workplace Briefing

The Friday Workplace Briefing

Download on the App Store

The Friday Workplace Briefing episodes

  • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 4 December 2020

    Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

    Catch up on this week’s episode covering:

    • Employment law: 
      - Mandatory Licence and terms of contract
      - Lying during investigations
    • Managing RTW in a post-COVID world
      - Part 4: Hear how other organisations are managing this process
    • See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

      29 min
    • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 27 November 2020

      Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

      Catch up on this week’s episode covering:

      • COVID/JobKeeper update:
        - Stand down when reduction in work cf Qantas
        - CFMEU v Hutchison Ports – stop work for COVID
      • Managing RTW in a post-COVID world: Flexible work arrangements policy
      • Rossato v Workpac: Special leave – what does it mean?
      • DA v Baptist Care: Limitations on work
      • AMWU v CSL: Acting in the best interests of the business, and the second job
      • CFMEU v ABCC: Safety rights of entry
      • See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        27 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 20 November 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        Catch up on this week’s episode covering:

        > COVID/JobKeeper:
        - Abandonment of Employment case, 
        - Reduction of redundancy payments
        - JobKeeper “work when you like” termination
        > Part 2: Managing RTW in a post-COVID world - Consultation
        > Inherent requirements and wrongful termination
        > Case study: Fit for work
        > When a casual is not a casual
        > Safety as an industrial tool: Unlawful industrial action

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        28 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 13 November 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        Catch up on this week's episode covering:

        • Managing RTW in a post-COVID world (Part 1 of 5)
        • Awards: FBFWC extend COVID flexibilities until March
        • Industrial Law: Unionists brawling on paid delegate leave
        • Safety: Further guidance on penalties for gross negligence
        • Serious Incident Management (Part 4 of 4): Pleading guilty, plea deal, enforceable undertakings and trial
        • COVID and Facebook: Reasonable management action of rapid investigation following post and discipline

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        27 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 30 October 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        Catch up on this week's episode covering:

        • COVID, WFH and risk assessments - how mistakes happen
        • Part 2 of Serious Incident Management: Consultation and communication - the role of legal professional privilege (LPP)
        • Reasonable Management Action and the weird world of workers’ compensation

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        28 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 16 October 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        This week's episode provides an update on:

        • COVID politics
        • Changes to commercial leasing in Victoria
        • Employment law - doing nothing is not "condoning"
        • Part 1 of our new 5-part series on Serious Incident Management
        • The different awards for sexual harassment based on jurisdiction
        • Conference injuries - when are they compensable?

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        27 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 9 October 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        This week's episode provides an update on:

        • COVID-19: The Clerks Award, JobMaker and pandemic leave
        • Safety lessons for employers "on the road"
        • Part 5 of our bullying, harassment and discrimination series

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        28 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 2 October 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        This week's episode provides an update on COVID-19: JobKeeper covering the Qantas v. Flight Attendants Union case and Award flexibility.

        We cover off on a number of interesting case updates, highlighting the lessons for employers employers when dealing with:
        - unfair dismissal (Lear V BHP)
        - safety (WorkSafe v Ardent)

        We also introduce Part 4 of our Bullying Harassment and Discrimination series which looks at sexual harassment.

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        27 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 25 September 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by FCW Lawyers.

        This week's episode provides an update on COVID-19: JobKeeper Update covering new Regulations, the Safety Code of Practice and Award extension.

        We cover off on a number of interesting case updates, highlighting the lessons for employers employers when dealing with:
        - unfair dismissal claims;
        - social media defamation and bad behaviour; and
        - replacing old employee agreements.

        We also introduce Part 3 of our Bullying Harassment and Discrimination series which looks at long term injury and stress claims.

        See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

        27 min
      • FCW Lawyers - Friday Workplace Briefing | 18 September 2020

        Your weekly update on the latest critical news and developments that affect your workplace, presented by Andrew Douglas and Karen Luu, FCW Lawyers.

        This week's episode covers:

        • COVID-19: JobKeeper Update

        • Corporate crime: Systematic misconduct

        • Part 2 of our Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination series.
        • A number of interesting case updates, highlighting the lessons for employers in:
          • Refreshing contracts in line with promotions;

          • Redundancy subterfuge and adverse action;

          • Redundancy reduction;

          • Suitable alternative employment; and

          • Not listening to your own doctor.

              See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

              27 min

            About The Friday Workplace Briefing

            From the publisher's feed

            The Friday Workplace Briefing is a weekly podcast to update the Australian business community on the most significant developments, issues, and cases across workplace law, with practical…

            More shows like The Friday Workplace Briefing

            Pivot by New York Magazine

            Pivot

            9,602 Listeners

            Law Report by ABC Australia

            Law Report

            27 Listeners

            This Working Life by ABC Australia

            This Working Life

            21 Listeners

            The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett by DOAC

            The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

            8,328 Listeners

            If You're Listening by ABC Australia

            If You're Listening

            316 Listeners

            ABC News Daily by ABC Australia

            ABC News Daily

            149 Listeners

            7am by Solstice Media

            7am

            111 Listeners

            The Imperfects by Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg

            The Imperfects

            376 Listeners

            Huberman Lab by Scicomm Media

            Huberman Lab

            29,166 Listeners

            The Money Café with Alan Kohler by Intelligent Investor

            The Money Café with Alan Kohler

            47 Listeners

            Not Stupid by ABC Australia

            Not Stupid

            17 Listeners

            The Front by The Australian

            The Front

            37 Listeners

            If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

            If Books Could Kill

            9,401 Listeners

            Chanticleer by Australian Financial Review

            Chanticleer

            23 Listeners

            The Fin by Australian Financial Review

            The Fin

            29 Listeners