Dentons IR Insights Podcast – Australia

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Paul O’Halloran, Partner and Alexandra Terrill, Managing Associate at Dentons explore the forensic aspect of background checks with Roger Darvall-Stevens, Partner and Head of Fraud & Forensic Services and Milind Sheth, Senior Manager at RSM. Hiring an employee who conceals background information critical to hiring decisions is a reoccurring issue that emplo...

In this Dentons IR Insights Podcast, Employment & Safety Partner Paul O’Halloran, is joined by Lindall West from Ombpoint explore how employers might be able to utilise external advisory services to employer employees to resolve issues amongst themselves. Efficient resolution of complaints and disputes in the workplace is essential to a compliant and happy workplace culture.

In this Dentons IR Insights Podcast, Employment & Safety Partners Paul O’Halloran, Ruth Nocka and Nick Linke will wrap up the year with the key take-aways from the biggest cases and legal developments in 2023 plus give some insights on what employers can expect in 2024!

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Paul O’Halloran , Partner and Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations, and Peter Watkins , Solicitor explore the new laws that commence under the Fair Work Act and explain the substantial implications this has for employees on fixed term contracts.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Managing Associate in the Employment and Safety team Alexandra Terrill , and Recovery and Restructuring Partner, Debra Mercurio host a discussion and Q&A session on employer obligations around sponsoring visas for foreign workers and the impact new Fair Work Act changes might have in this area.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment Partner and Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations, Paul O’Halloran is joined by Principal of Jewell Handcock Employment lawyers, Trent Handcock , who provides a rare insight into how applicant lawyers view claims and how investigations, dismissals and the disciplinary process can be handled more fairly.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Disputes and Risk Advisory Managing Associate, Sylvia Alcarraz and Employment and Safety Associate, Julia Leeds provide a general breakdown of defamation cases and how they work in an employment context. They provide employers with an understanding about what they should (or should not) be concerned about for 2023.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast Managing Associate, Alexandra Terrill , is joined by the Founder and Principal Advisor of the Risk Collective, Amy Towers to discuss navigating psychosocial hazards in the workplace and how to analyse, guide and improve workplace compliance and productivity while reducing litigation risks.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Ruth Nocka , Partner in the Employment and Safety Team speaks about the regulatory source of an employer’s obligations around psychosocial hazards. Joining her is Fiona Bigelli , Conflict Resolution Practitioner and Director of Pax People Resolutions, who provides practical options organisations can implement to effectively manage and reduce these risks.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Dentons Partners, Paul O'Halloran and Toby Blyth address the most commonly asked workplace privacy questions and help employers to better understand their privacy obligations when handling “personal information” and “sensitive information” of employees at work.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment & Safety team's, Managing Associate Alexandra Terrill , and Solicitor Kate Macfarlane , break down what employers need to know about sexual harassment in 2023 including legislative changes, case examples and practical steps that employers can take to comply with these new updates.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast Paul O’Halloran , Partner and Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations, and Peter Watkins , Solicitor, preview the new IR laws within the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill 2022) and what HR Managers and General Counsel are likely to have to confront in 2023.

In this Dentons IR Insights podcast, Employment Partner and Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations, Paul O’Halloran and Solicitor, Kate Macfarlane provide tips and tricks on how HR can conduct sound and defensible workplace investigations.