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Employment + Workplace
Need to Know Guide // Navigating Psychosocial Hazards
Australian employers are now required under Work Health and Safety or workers’ compensation laws to put in place systematic approaches for addressing psychosocial risk. Use our Guide to navigate the changes.
Download the Guide here.
Webinar // Tackling Psychosocial Hazards in 2024
Join us for a webinar with experts from Law Squared, Howden, and Culture Amp as they explore the impact of psychosocial hazards like bullying and unreasonable job demands. Learn practical steps to create safer, healthier workplaces, with insights on recent case law and best practices for tackling these critical issues.
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Template // Right to Disconnect Policy
This template is designed to help employers set expectations, empower managers to effectively lead their teams, and ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to respect and support your employees' personal time.
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Template // Sexual Harassment Policy
At Law Squared we challenge all employers to proactively deal with sexual harassment and to do everything possible to prevent it from entering the workplace. Too assist with this, we have created a Sexual Harassment Policy.
Download policy here.
Template // Artificial Intelligence Policy
Use our AI in the Workplace Policy as a template to set expectations and help employees confidently explore and deploy AI-tools, whilst ensuring appropriate safeguards are in place to protect intellectual property and confidential information.
Download policy here.
Template // Family & Domestic Violence Policy
As of 1 February 2023, millions of Australians now have a right to ten days of paid family and domestic violence leave under changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Use this policy template to manage your business’ compliance, and to support survivors of family and domestic violence.
Download policy here.
Key Takeaways // The Right to Disconnect
Employment + Workplace Relations Lawyer, Amogh Kadhe, shares his top takeaways for Legal and People + Culture teams from ‘The Right to Disconnect: From Legislation to Practice’ webcast featuring Andrew Brooks and Grace Oakley.
Download the key takeaways here.
Webinar // The Right to Disconnect
Australian workplace laws now protect employees' personal time with the introduction of the Right to Disconnect in the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Explore this and other upcoming changes in a 1-hour webcast featuring experts from Law Squared and Oxfam.
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Training // Anti-Discrimination + Bullying in the Workplace
Employment + Workplace Relations Lawyer, Grace Cue, shares advice for employers seeking to prevent and respond to discrimination, harassment and bullying in the workplace.
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Training // Whistleblowing
Employment + Workplace Relations Lawyer, Andrew Brooks, shares crucial information that employers about whistleblowing in the workplace.
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Training // Changes to Employment Law (2023)
Employment + Workplace Relations Lawyer, Grace Cue, provides an overview of the latest changes to Employment Law (2023) that employers need to be across and top tips for managing compliance.
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Training // Hybrid working in the new normal
Employment + Workplace Relations Lawyer, Andrew Brooks, discusses the increasing demand for hybrid working and compares and contrasts five workplace models.
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Check List // Zombie Agreement Need-to-Know Guide
Are Zombie Agreements haunting your workplace? Check out our Zombie Agreement Check List and Need-to-Know Guide to ensure you’re not at risk of penalties.
Download Check List here.
Check List // Changes to Employment Law
Stay on top of relevant legislative changes with this check list - created by HR consulting firm, Nine Yards - outlining the major reforms that will impact Australian workplaces this year.
Webinar // Return, Respect and Remuneration: Employment Trends to Watch For in 2025
As workplace regulations tighten, our expert panel explores strategies for fostering inclusive cultures, managing compliance, and mitigating risks, while addressing the challenges of return-to-office policies and new wage theft legislation introducing criminal penalties for underpayment.
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Digital + Innovation
Webinar // The Digital Drive Thru
Revisit the Law Squared x Youi Insurance Webcast, first broadcast on 30 March 2023. Featuring Bianca Lau, Head of Legal at Youi Insurance and Nam Truong, Digital + Innovation lead at Law Squared.
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Webinar // The Digital Drive Thru Bonus Content
Bianca Lau, Head of Legal at Youi Insurance, takes us through their Tableau Dashboard to show how they are using data to guide data backed decision making.
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Template // Double Diamond
The double diamond process is used in design thinking and can be applied to legal problem-solving and innovation.
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Template // Contract Automation Decision Matrix
If you're thinking about automating a business contract, use our Contract Automation Decision Matrix template to guide you.
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Webinar // The Agile Advantage
Providing both a General Counsel and Legal Ops perspective, this webinar with Serv looks at how implementing agile methodology has led to greater innovation and collaboration.
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Webinar // The Agile Advantage Bonus Content
To give us a sneak peek at just how SERV have implemented Agile in their in-house legal team, Legal Ops Manager - Victoria Hastings, walks us through her team's legal Kanban board, created in Microsoft Planner.
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Webinar // Progress Over Perfection
Featuring Kate Sherburn, Head of Legal at Who Gives A Crap and self acknowledge ‘reformed perfectionist’, our 2nd episode of the Digital + Innovation webcast presents an open and honest conversation about the triumphs and challenges of the legal team’s digital journey.
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Commercial
Offering enterprise-wide impact and an exciting vantage point for executive decision-making, the dual role of GC / CoSec is an exciting, but challenging career move.
Tailored for first-time GCs and CoSecs, as well as in-house lawyers ambitious to tackle the dual role in the future, this webcast will provide viewers with the knowledge and tools to excel!
View the webinar here.
Webinar // Navigating the ESG Regulatory Landscape
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has evolved beyond buzzwords, becoming a critical business mandate. For in-house lawyers, entrusted with the dual roles of strategic advisors and stewards of legal compliance, the imperative to align corporate practices with evolving ESG goals has never been greater – or more complex.
We take a deeper dive in this webinar with Movember.
Webinar // Governance: Balancing the Dual Roles of General Counsel + Company Secretary
Significant new penalties - up to $50 million - will soon apply to any business that includes unfair contract terms (UCTs) in its standard form contracts. The crackdown aims to provide a stronger deterrent against including such terms in commercial agreements - whether they are relied upon or not.
Use our Need to Know Guide to help prepare for the changes by 9 November 2023.
Need to Know Guide // Unfair Contract Terms
There are several potential dispute resolution mechanisms that you can choose from, and each option comes with differing advantages and disadvantages
Use our Need to Know Guide to help you decide which is most suitable for your business.
Need to Know Guide // Choosing The Best Dispute Resolution Process For Your Business
Use our Amendment Navigator to understand what’s changed and the steps now required to terminate a Body Corporate in Queensland.
Need to Know Guide // Community Titles Amendment Scheme (Qld) Amendment Navigator
Need to Know Guide // Making Sense of Boilerplate Clauses
Like a piece of metal, Boilerplate clauses are the backbone of an agreement. So, if these clauses are poorly designed, they can unravel the whole contract.
Use our Need to Know Guide to learn more about Boilerplate clauses and why they’re so important.
Training // Privacy 101
Provide your staff with an overview of Privacy Fundamentals, including the difference between personal and sensitive information and good data hygiene practices for staff to avoid mishandling personal information.
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Training // Intellectual Property
Ensure your team have a solid working understanding of the fundamentals of Intellectual Property, including identifying different types of IP and how to protect it.
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Increase your understanding of the purpose of Australian Competition Law, as well as what anti-competitive conduct looks like - and the penalties involved.
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Legal Checklist // End-of-Year Tasks
Ensure those often overlooked, but important annual legal tasks are taken care of by using our ‘Ducks in a Row’ checklist to identify and tie up legal loose ends.
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Training // Competition Law
Managing retail leases can be complex, so having the right strategy is essential. Listen to our webinar, with Franklin Shanks and SuperPark, to master the leasing lifecycle and gain the knowledge needed to protect and grow your business.
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Legal Checklist // Retail vs Commercial Leasing
Knowing the difference between a retail and commercial lease is crucial. So, if you’re unsure whether you have a retail or commercial lease, check out our helpful checklist.
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Webinar // Retail Leasing Essentials
Law Squared welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the Australian Treasury’s Review of AI and the Australian Consumer Law discussion paper. The Discussion Paper is an important chance to participate in Government Policy regarding Artificial Intelligence and its application to the Australian Consumer Law.
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Discussion Paper // Review of AI and the Australian Consumer Law
Privacy + Cyber
In today’s digital era, securing personal data and ensuring strong cybersecurity is crucial. Law Squared’s Privacy + Cyber practice has curated key developments, insights, and trends for businesses in or considering entering the ANZ region.
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Cyber security consultant and Phronesis Founder, Elliot Dellys, and Law Squared Privacy Lawyer, Jon Crass, offer comparative views on the steps in-house legal can take to ensure personal data is protected, and the unacceptable cost of failure.
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