Monthly Archives: October 2025

  Due to its popularity, WestmoreJacobs presented a webinar on "Redeployment and other Cautionary Tales in Employment Law" on 14 October 2025.  We explored the recent High Court decision of Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley. Here the Court effectively upheld the Fair Work Commission’s decision that the employer should have considered insourcing work performed [...]

  Introduction "Since our employees are on annual salaries well above award rates, we don’t need to worry about underpayments.” This commonly held view amongst employers and HR professionals is now in tatters following the landmark Federal Court decision in Fair Work Ombudsman v Woolworths Group Limited & Ors [2025] FCA 1092 (Decision). [...]