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• Ban on non-compete clauses under consideration
  
• New harassment laws now in effect
  
• Paid parental leave legislation passes
  
• Tougher penalties for negligent employers

Here you'll find links to all resources relevant to HR Daily's 'HR hot spots 2023' webinar, presented on 2 February by King & Wood Mallesons senior consultant Brett Feltham.

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Law changes affecting workplace sexual harassment come into effect soon, and they're set to create "additional risks" for employers, a lawyer says.

A Tasmanian Supreme Court full bench has halved an employee's compensation for sexual harassment, after finding a settlement sum should have been taken into account when assessing damages.

More than two years after an employer was found to have discriminated against a sexually harassed employee, a tribunal has awarded her $53k in compensation.

An employer accused of vicarious liability for an employee's sexual harassment has failed to have her claim struck out on the basis that it was prejudiced by the historical nature of her allegations.

An employee has failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that her employer asserted sexual "power, dominance and control" over her at work.

Employers and workers can "clearly" do more to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment, the results of a major survey show.

• Respect@Work Bill passes Senate with amendments
  
• Government "confident" of passing IR Bill this week