Staying Informed - Law Institute of Victoria

Workplace health and safety: Call to action on wellbeing at work

Desi Vlahos 01 Aug 2021

According to an International Bar Association survey on lawyer wellbeing in 2020 most employees believe employers need to do more, including 75 per cent of respondents aged 25 to 35.

Health Wellbeing Workplace

How to tackle imposter syndrome: a law student’s perspective

Grace Beaumont 20 Jul 2021

Do you identify as a perfectionist? Do you shy away from speaking up in case you’re wrong? Does networking and being surrounded by successful professionals make your stomach turn?

Workplace Workplace Relations Young Lawyers Young Persons

Workplace law special edition: Occupational health and safety: A shot in the arm

Susanna Ritchie and Mariah Khoury 01 May 2021

A COVID-19 vaccine has arrived But the pandemic's twists and turns are not over yet. It's time to start thinking about what the vaccine rollout means for a legal practice’s work health and safety obligations.

COVID-19 Health Wellbeing Workplace

Workplace law special edition: Legal firms: A look to the future – The year is 2031 . . .

Chris Molnar 01 May 2021

Ever wondered what a law firm will look like in 10 years? Chris Molnar looks to the future to interview managing partner of mid-sized, full-service firm Champion Premier & Goodluck (CPG) Michelle Champion.

COVID-19 Interviews Workplace

Workplace law special edition: Employment status: Employee or contractor – the eternal conundrum

Marc Felman and Tessa Duthie 01 May 2021

Recent decisions in state and federal courts as well as the Fair Work Commission reveal the challenges that can arise in modern working arrangements such as labour hire, casual employment and workers in the 'gig economy'.

Workplace

Workplace law special edition: Wages: Wage theft: State and federal tension

Nadia Stojanova 01 May 2021

There are questions about the constitutional validity of the Wage Theft Act and concerns employers could be subject to investigations from Wage Inspectorate Victoria and the Fair Work Ombudsman for the same circumstances.

Remuneration/Wages Workplace

Workplace law special edition: Fair Work Act: Freedom to associate

Malcolm Harding 01 May 2021

The second form of 'industrial association' recognised by the Fair Work Act 2009 and some of the interesting ways it is deployed by the Act are addressed here. A recent Full Court Decision considered the concept.

Workplace

Workplace law special edition: Employee protection: Workers more generally protected

Angus MacKenzie 01 May 2021

Recent Full Court decisions bring the operation of the Fair Work Act's narrow ‘complaints and inquiries’ protection closer than it has been in years to its purpose – protecting employees from retribution.

Workplace

Trans Day of Visibility 2021

Teddy Darling 27 Apr 2021

The International Trans Day of Visibility was on 31 March. Life as a trans or gender diverse (TGD) lawyer is as varied as gender identity, no two experiences are alike.

Workplace Young Lawyers Young Persons

At a crossroads: choosing an alternative career

Kim Koelmeyeris 30 Mar 2021

In the echo chamber of law school, it is often forgotten that law graduates have a wide array of career options available to them. In 2020, I decided to enter a career path outside of the law.

Workplace Young Lawyers

Bullying: Too many exceptions are proving the rule

Margaret Cai 01 Nov 2020

Law students are aware that future workplaces may be cut-throat environments that mete out poor treatment, protected by a culture of silence. ALSA is moving to disrupt this expectation.

Workplace

Workplace: On the road to COVID normal

Karin Derkley 01 Oct 2020

With no end to the pandemic in sight, firms need to be planning for a return to the office that can be safe and flexible.

COVID-19 Workplace

Legal profession: Professional culture to blame

Julian Webb 01 Oct 2020

Sexual harassment is more prevalent in the legal profession than the workplace generally. While there have been some initiatives to curb this, cultural and regulatory reform is needed.

Practice Management Workplace

What to do when the traditional path into law isn’t for you

Shaniya Vilash 07 Sep 2020

Many of us know the stress that law school and a legal career can bring. The countless sleepless nights studying for exams, preparing applications for clerkship season and giving it your all in an interview, only to find out it didn’t land you that dream job. Sound familiar?

Workplace Workplace Relations Young Persons

Sexual harrassment: High Court apology signals shift in response

Karin Derkley 01 Sep 2020

The legal profession isn’t alone in suffering high rates of sexual harassment but its entrenched culture of power and hierarchy perpetuates the problem.

Workplace

Displaying results 1-15 (of 131)

|< < 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 > >|

The LIV is currently closed to all visitors.

Search Results