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The Lawcast

"Change is inevitable - helping you get more right, more often," is our Director, Melanie Thorley"s favourite quote. As time goes on, people change, environment change and careers change. Watch Melanie every fortnight for exciting law-related content!

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26:55

"Immediate action" set to change the Fair Work Act...

The Lawcast ·

2022/09/07

On the MJT LawCast today, we join Melanie and Chris for a sticky beak into the "immediate action" set to change the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) including:• Stronger access for flexible working arrangements and unpaid parental leave• Stronger protections (adverse action, harassment, discrimination)• Ensuring all workers can negotiate in good faith• Ensuring workers and business have flexible options for reaching agreement• Making the “better off overall” test for agreement approval simple, flexible and

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70:40

Solicitors behaving... Badly🤪

The Lawcast ·

2022/08/23

This week on the LawCast we join Melanie and Chris for some OMG:Solicitors behaving... Badly🤪🤭Contrary to well-known caricatures of lawyers as 'liars' etc, most lawyers are genuine and honest.On that note, here are our curated outliers - a selection of recent cases from the past few years of solicitors behaving badly...

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26:57

Domestic Violence bill for 10 day's paid leave; and...

The Lawcast ·

2022/08/09

This week on the LawCast, we join Melanie and Chris for an edgy dive into:- the current bill for Family and Domestic Violence paid leave and potential impacts for employers and employees; and- 'Dismissed or not?' A case looking at whether an employee was dismissed from employment after being told to 'lose' his boss's number.🤳🏽🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/👀Video version: https://youtu.be/-Jk-LU6cu3Q 📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au📞Tel: 07 3040 3430

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28:12

Fired for not using emojis in texts?😮🤯

The Lawcast ·

2022/07/27

This week on the LawCast, we join Melanie and Chris for:- the Triple Cs (Chris's Commissions Crazies) latest offering - being fired for texting your boss (and not using emojis); as well as - a case of a completely trusted employee's elaborate fraud scheme to the tune of over $4M, and thoughts on how employers might avoid these situations.🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/👀Video version: https://youtu.be/Ai3Dy6THEKc📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au📞Tel: 07 3040 3430

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36:20

Redundancy - Relocation is a Bitch

The Lawcast ·

2022/07/13

This week on the LawCast Melanie and Chris talk about an interesting case relating to redundancies and relocations, and go over some of the issues that can come about due to relocations.🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/👀Video version: https://youtu.be/GCiwgRsY3UY📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au📞Tel: 07 3040 3430

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28:13

Favour for Promotions

The Lawcast ·

2022/06/29

This week on the LawCast Melanie and Chris talk about discrimination, sexual harassment and favours for promotions.

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27:57

Slavery and Sex employment has it all

The Lawcast ·

2022/06/15

This week on the LawCast Chris and Melanie discuss, amoung other things, modern day slavery and having a relationship with a student.

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24:56

New Government... New Laws

The Lawcast ·

2022/06/01

We have a new federal Government in Australia, there will be changes to the employment law regime... Melanie the Chris talk about what may happen next.

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27:48

Problem policy with period pains - why boys don't get...

The Lawcast ·

2022/05/18

🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/ 📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au 📞Tel: 07 3040 3430Video version: https://youtu.be/k4UcIVwtQ0w This week join Melanie and Chris are discussing the issues around a policy that give leave to women who are experiencing period pains and a unsuccessful application relation to a request to work from home for the next five years.

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28:33

Bus driver terminated for asking a passenger to wear...

The Lawcast ·

2022/05/04

A bus driver was fired for telling an anti-masker to wear a mask, and using a smart-watch on the job. This was in breach of the company's policy to *not* engage with anti-maskers. Was this an unfair dismissal?Video version: https://youtu.be/Aye6iOPGdsA🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/ 📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au 📞Tel: 07 3040 3430

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27:48

Employee not disciplined for shoving his face between...

The Lawcast ·

2022/04/20

🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/ 📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au 📞Tel: 07 3040 3430 Video: https://youtu.be/i55zSb7kRIUThis week join Melanie and Chris is discussing this crazy sexual harassment case: an employee has targeted his colleague, making suggestive comments, requesting for sex, slapping her bum and shoving his face between her chest.The Employer denied that he was vicariously liable even after ignoring the complaint and pushing it aside as "joke" because he made the employment

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0:00

Qantas employee terminated for staring at another...

The Lawcast ·

2022/04/06

🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/ 📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au 📞Tel: 07 3040 3430 This week in Chris's Commissions Crazies, an employee was terminated for staring at another staff member's chest. #TheLawcast

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0:00

Employer assaults employee, imprisoned until the...

The Lawcast ·

2022/03/15

This week, starting with a new segment: Chris' Commissions Crazies (CCC) speaks about absolutely unusual court cases. Chris speaks about how an employee gets punched for resigning and imprisoned until the cops come. This resulted in an out of time application (which is rarely approved) for an unfair dismissal case. There was an incredible case where someone made an out of time application because they were in a coma during the timeframe, and was still rejected. Lastly, Melanie's news segment

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53:31

Social Media Posts that could RUIN Business...

The Lawcast ·

2022/03/02

In the new age of technology, many employers and employees alike are navigating ways to appropriately use social media. What happens when a click of a button may ruin a company's reputation? Is this fair on the employers? Otherwise, if we restrict employee's social media use, would that be fair?This week's podcasts also talks about a case where a woman does her side hustle job while at work, subsequently neglecting her job - and we also speak about what it means for employees when they are requested

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58:35

What happens when you accidentally kill the office...

The Lawcast ·

2022/02/16

Starting with an interesting case where an employee accidentally rolls over the employer's pet Galah, resulting in his dismissal. Find out what happens next with Melanie and Chris. We also speak about the reason why a company may prefer hiring a contractor over an employee, whether or not the law is too harsh on employers for mistakes, and the duty of a lawyer to keep privileged information confidential.Watch it on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFiAZtvzOIsContact us should you need more

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58:39

What happens when you accidentally kill the office...

The Lawcast ·

2022/02/16

Starting with an interesting case where an employee accidentally rolls over the employer's pet Galah, resulting in his dismissal. Find out what happens next with Melanie and Chris. We also speak about the reason why a company may prefer hiring a contractor over an employee, whether or not the law is too harsh on employers for mistakes, and the duty of a lawyer to keep privileged information confidential.Watch it on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFiAZtvzOIsContact us should you need more

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25:30

Employment myths BUSTED by lawyers - advice to common...

The Lawcast ·

2022/02/02

We are back, the first #Lawcast of 2022! This week, employment lawyers, Melanie and Chris separate common assumptions from fact. Besides that, they will also be speaking about what you can do when employees sick with COVID or in isolation. This will also be the first time Seymour is on camera.Video: https://youtu.be/x8n8t-DE3ukPart 1:2:58 Employment law myths3:42 “you can’t terminate on sick leave”8:42 “you can’t take sick leave on annual leave”12:13 “restraint of trade never works”18:49 “You don’t

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27:01

Employment myths BUSTED by lawyers - advice to common...

The Lawcast ·

2022/02/02

We are back, the first #Lawcast of 2022! This week, employment lawyers, Melanie and Chris separate common assumptions from fact. Besides that, they will also be speaking about what you can do when employees sick with COVID or in isolation. This will also be the first time Seymour is on camera.Video: https://youtu.be/x8n8t-DE3ukPart 1:2:58 Employment law myths3:42 “you can’t terminate on sick leave”8:42 “you can’t take sick leave on annual leave”12:13 “restraint of trade never works”18:49 “You don’t

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44:30

Interesting General Protections Case: Alam v National...

The Lawcast ·

2021/12/07

Contact us should you have a General protections issue: 🌐Web: https://mjtlaw.com.au/free-consultation/ 📧Email: admin@mjtlaw.com.au 📞Tel: 07 3040 3430Full video version :https://youtu.be/zz3_3o7dAdMWhat is General Protections? Melanie and Chris does an in-depth review of this case and all its enquiries and complaints one-by-one.

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40:06

Strategies to reducing social media risk for...

The Lawcast ·

2021/11/24

Watch our video version: https://youtu.be/5eHZYEfH8CESocial media is #powerful, #accessible, and #omnipresent. And, it's just getting more popular. Protect your business by learning about #socialmedia and its associated legal risks, create a policy, disciplinary actions, and more.

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