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Webinar Series: Employment law fundamentals – Getting it right in Australia!

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Our Australian Labour & Employment team will deliver a two-part webinar series, designed to equip you with practical knowledge to navigate the complex and heavily regulated Australian employment law landscape.

Are you:

  • An international business with a workforce in Australia?

  • Responsible for people management in Australia, or do you remotely provide people management support from overseas?

  • An HR professional in Australia looking for a refresher?

  • A newcomer to the HR profession seeking a deeper understanding of relevant legal issues?

Whether you are new to employee relations in Australia, or are just after a refresher, the Australian employment law landscape is governed by a complex combination of federal and state laws, industrial instruments (including awards and, in some cases, enterprise (collective) agreements) and rulings by courts and tribunals. All employers have an obligation to ensure that their employment practices align and comply with all applicable workplace laws.

While there may be a tendency for employers to simply replicate the practices of other jurisdictions when it comes to their employees in Australia, we have some unique quirks. The stakes are high when it comes to ensuring compliance with Australian employment law, with the risk of significant fines being imposed for breaching the overarching Australian workplace legislation, the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth).

Webinars

11 June 2026 – Part 1: Australian employment law 101

Providing an overview of the Australian employment law framework, we outline the fundamental “need-to-knows” for managing employees in Australia.

You will take away an understanding or renewed understanding of:

  • An overview of the Australian employment regulatory framework

  •  Your responsibilities under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and the National Employment Standards

  • Modern awards and enterprise agreements

  • The different types of employment in Australia

  • Contracts of employment – tips and tricks for ensuring your contracts are providing sufficient protection

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18 June 2026 – Part 2: Termination of employees in Australia

From long-term underperformance issues and misconduct to restructures, all employers are faced with the often difficult task of terminating employees. While a termination is never entirely risk free, it is crucial that employers of all sizes be equipped with an understanding of their rights and obligations to ensure the termination process is navigated in a manner that minimises exposure to a successful employee claim.

Part 2 will provide an overview of the legal framework underpinning termination of employment in Australia. You will take away an understanding, or renewed understanding, of:

  • The various grounds for termination of employment

  • An overview of the unfair dismissal and adverse action regimes, including who is eligible to make a claim and the remedies available

  • What constitutes a “genuine redundancy”

  • What types of misconduct are considered “serious misconduct”

  • How to deal with a “heat of the moment” resignation

  • Other claims that an employee may bring arising from their termination

  • Learnings from recent case law

  • Key tips and tricks for setting your organisation up to successfully defend a claim

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