Natalie Gaspar

1 month ago | herbertsmithfreehills.com | Rohan Doyle |Natalie Gaspar |Anthony Wood |Drew Pearson

Our newly expanded suite of people-related podcasts are delivered in a straight talking, engaging and entertaining format, perfect for listening or watching on your commute. We deliver practical insights based on our experience of helping clients across Australia navigate some of their most complex people-related issues: Inside IR: the original podcast from the team. Each episode arms human resources, industrial relations and legal professionals with the latest industrial relations thinking.

Aug 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Natalie Gaspar

To view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. AustraliaAugust 15 2024The Australian Herbert Smith Freehills Employment, Industrial Relations and Safety team assists clients across the full range of workplace risk issues. The environment has never been more complex for employers.

Jul 18, 2024 | lexology.com | Nick Wright |Christine Young |Natalie Gaspar

Australia, United KingdomJuly 18 2024Click here to listen to the audio. The Worker Protection Act 2023 will come into force on 25 October of this year, imposing a new positive duty on UK employers to take 'reasonable steps' to prevent sexual harassment of employees in the course of their employment.

Jul 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Rohan Doyle |Natalie Gaspar |Anthony R. Wood |Drew Pearson |Anna Creegan |Wendy Fauvel | +1 more

On 2 December 2022, the landmark Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 (Bill) passed both houses of Parliament. On 6 December 2022, the Bill received royal assent and became the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 (Act). The passage of the Act marks the most extensive industrial relations reform seen since the introduction of the Fair Work Act some 13 years ago, and the impact of this legislation is significant.

Jun 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Timothy Stutt |Jacqueline Wootton |Olga Klimczak |Natalie Gaspar |Melanie Debenham

Today, ESG is near-ubiquitous across the Australian corporate landscape. As a lens on business decision-making, only 2% of companies surveyed in 2024 say they are not taking environment and social values into account when deciding investments. Further, 63% of companies confirm they have undertaken a formal ESG review in the last two years. Such reviews can take the form of focused, in-depth examinations by formal review committees of thematic risks and opportunities.