Kingston Reid

🎺 We're Hiring! 🎺 Senior Associate / Special Counsel – 100% remote role! How does a zero-minute commute and the opportunity to work at Australia’s largest specialist workplace law firm sound? We call it "Kingston Regional". If you’re a frank, fearless and fantastic senior lawyer with strong experience in employment and workplace relations who will thrive in a remotely-based position offering complete flexibility of location, please reach out to us. We strongly encourage suitably experienced employment lawyers from anywhere in Australia to apply. Please send your resume to hr@kingstonreid.com. #employmentlaw #kingstonreid #flexiblework #remotework

With the legalisation of medicinal cannabis in Australia, employers are increasingly confronted with complex challenges, particularly in balancing their obligations under Work Health and Safety laws and the rights of workers who use prescribed medicines. In this insight, Kingston Reid Safety & Regulatory Partner Liam Fraser and Lawyer Salim Daoura unpack the current legislative landscape, consider a recent Australian case study and share some key recommendations for employers to help navigate this issue. Link in comments below 👇 #employmentlaw #workplacerelations #whs

📣 We're Hiring! Senior Associate! An exciting opportunity is now open for a Senior Associate with extensive experience in employment and workplace relations law to join the Kingston Reid team. The chosen candidate can opt to work from our Sydney, Melbourne, or Perth office. We highly encourage experienced employment lawyers from these locations to apply. Please submit your resume to hr@kingstonreid.com #employmentlaw #kingstonreid

📣 We're Hiring! Senior Associate! An exciting opportunity is now open for a Senior Associate with extensive experience in employment and workplace relations law to join the Kingston Reid team. The chosen candidate can opt to work from our Sydney, Melbourne, or Perth office. We highly encourage experienced employment lawyers from these locations to apply. Please submit your resume to hr@kingstonreid.com #employmentlaw #kingstonreid

In the second episode of our special three-part series to mark Safe Work Australia's 'National Safe Work Month', Safety and Regulatory Partners Michael Stutley, John Makris and Liam Fraser join forces again for a frank discussion about what should form a 'reasonable belief', statutory notices and the current approach being taken by Australian regulators with respect to the management of both physical and psychosocial hazards. Link in comments below 👇 #SafeWorkMonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness

IT giant Dell and travel agency Flight Centre have become the latest employers in Australia to U-turn on their working-from-home policies in hopes of reeling workers back into the office. Chantelle Cloete reports with insights from Seyfarth Shaw LLP's Darren Perry, Baker McKenzie's Michael Michalandos, Kingston Reid's Katie Sweatman and People + Culture Strategies' Chris Oliver.

To mark National Safe Work Month, in this episode of our “Word To The WISE” podcast series, Safety and Regulatory Partners Michael Stutley, John Makris and Liam Fraser discuss the challenge facing employers with respect of managing psychosocial risks for their employees. In this lively 15-minute deep-dive, your hosts not only consider today's regulatory landscape, but what the future may hold for PCBU's (persons conducting a business or undertaking) who are legally required to eliminate and/or minimise the risk of psychosocial hazards. Link below 👇 #SafeWorkMonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness

The WA Department of Justice has become the first duty-holder in WA to be charged under the state’s WHS laws for not controlling psychosocial hazards (specifically, bullying harassment, sexual harassment and victimisation). It is alleged that the Department’s failure to implement appropriate procedures to address inappropriate behaviours in the workplace ultimately led to the psychological injury of a female prison officer at Bunbury Regional Prison, despite having received an improvement notice from WorkSafe WA. It has been reported that this marks the fourth prosecution by WorkSafe WA of the Department, which if convicted, a maximum $3.5million fine could be imposed under s31 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA). To mark Safe Work Australia's National Safety Month throughout October, join Partners John Makris, Liam Fraser and Michael Stutley in a soon-to-be-released three-episode special series of our podcast, ‘A Word To the WISE’, as they discuss how employers can navigate the quagmire of psychosocial risks, reasonable belief and statutory notices and legislative reforms on the horizon. #SafeWorkMonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness

Kingston Reid is proud to be recognised in the 2024 International Employment Lawyer (IEL) Awards: the only Australian firm nominated as ‘Boutique Law Firm of the Year’. According to IEL, the achievements of every shortlisted firm and practice were evaluated and scrutinised carefully by IEL’s editorial team before their inclusion. Winners will be announced on Wednesday 13 November.

Did you know October is National Safe Work Month? Championed by Safe Work Australia, National Safe Work Month is an opportunity for employers and employees to focus on how they can commit towards making workplaces across Australia safer and healthier. During this month, our dedicated Safety and Regulatory team will share insights and information applicable to this years’ theme: Safety is everyone’s business. To make sure you don’t miss anything, follow us on LinkedIn or subscribe to our alerts (subscribe link in comments below). #SafeWorkMonth #SafetyIsOurBusiness