Insight
Employment class actions working overtime
While at first blush there appears to have been a significant rise in the number of employee-related class actions in 2025, 84% of those class actions filed in the review period relate to the working hours of junior doctors in Victoria, and most were filed by the same law firm on the same day.
17 October 2025
Insight
Record work health and safety fine
Dennis Jones Engineering Pty Ltd (DJE) and its sole director, Dennis Jones, were recently fined $2,100,000 and $140,000 respectively in Victoria’s County Court for breaches of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHS Act).
22 November 2023
Insight
It’s time – WA’s new WHS Act commences
After almost five years of anticipation for modernised work health and safety (WHS) laws for Western Australia, the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) (WHS Act) is now commencing operation.
31 March 2022
