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Jan 29, 2025 | 
hcamag.com | Catherine C. Dunlop |Emma Short |Sophie Cant
Worker's compensation case raises question about where workplace starts and ends
With 4 in 10 Australians working from home at least one day a week, the line between personal and professional spaces has become increasingly blurred.
The recent South Australian case of Vercoe v.
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May 6, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine C. Dunlop |Bruce Heddle |Amber Davis
The findings of the recent Respect@Work: Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report (2020) delivered by the then Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins show that, despite shifts in societal attitudes, increased education, and worldwide calls to action such as the Me Too movement, sexual harassment is still incredibly prevalent in workplaces across Australia.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
maddocks.com.au | Ooma Khurana |Catherine C. Dunlop |Taboka Finn |Hemant Vijaykumar
Legal InsightsByOoma Khurana, Hemant Vijaykumar • 05 April 2024• 6 min readResponsible entities for specified critical infrastructure assets that are required to hold and maintain a critical infrastructure risk management program (CIRMP) or that are exempt from such requirement, must comply with annual reporting requirements under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (SOCI Act) for the first time this year.
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Apr 4, 2024 | maddocks.com.au | Ooma Khurana |Catherine C. Dunlop |Taboka Finn |Hemant Vijaykumar
Legal InsightsByOoma Khurana, Hemant Vijaykumar • 05 April 2024• 6 min readResponsible entities for specified critical infrastructure assets that are required to hold and maintain a critical infrastructure risk management program (CIRMP) or that are exempt from such requirement, must comply with annual reporting requirements under the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (SOCI Act) for the first time this year.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
maddocks.com.au | Catherine C. Dunlop |Taboka Finn |Rebecca E. Griffiths |Shaun Temby
The High Court has recently found that ‘a reasonable opportunity to respond to adverse material’ under the legislation governing the Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) requires an opportunity to respond to the substance or gravamen of the evidentiary material. Further, the use of the term ‘adverse material’ in the legislation meant that IBAC needed to give an opportunity to respond to not just the proposed findings but to adverse comments and opinions, as well.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine C. Dunlop |Taboka Finn
The High Court provides guidance on what is required when a party is invited to respond to ‘adverse material’The High Court has recently found that ‘a reasonable opportunity to respond to adverse material’ under the legislation governing the Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) requires an opportunity to respond to the substance or gravamen of the evidentiary material.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Catherine C. Dunlop
As noted in our update last year outlining the changes to the legislation regarding sexual harassment, clients have a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment, discrimination and vicitmisation. From 12 December 2023, the Australian Human Rights Commission has the power to enforce compliance with this positive duty. The ‘Positive Duty’ places a specific onus on employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate unlawful sexual discrimination.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Catherine C. Dunlop
We have seen greater fluency amongst employers and workers about these hazards, with an increase in safety regulator activity and prosecutions. These developments have been mirrored in other related areas of employment law, with the focus on prevention to address sexual harassment implemented in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
hcamag.com | Catherine C. Dunlop |Taboka Finn
Incident involves employees at resort accommodations
The High Court has unanimously found an employer not vicariously liable for an employee’s negligent urination on a sleeping colleague. This provides some relief for employers who require remote work or provide accommodation by clarifying what is not in the scope or course of employment in these situations.
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Aug 10, 2023 | 
maddocks.com.au | Catherine C. Dunlop |Shaun Temby |Alice Robertson |Taboka Finn
The High Court in CCIG Investments Pty Ltd v Schokman [2023] HCA 21 has confirmed that whether an employer can be held vicariously liable for an employee’s wrongful or negligent act depends on whether that act falls within the course or scope of employment, and has provided clarity around what should be considered in making that determination. Mr Schokman worked at Daydream Island Resort and Spa and was required under his employment contract to live on the island.
