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If an employee gets high can we say goodbye? Not necessarily, says the FWC

By Rebecca Goulter | 06/01/2020

A close up image of a patch of smoke blown out from someone's mouth from smoking.

Employers often spruik their ‘zero tolerance’ drug and alcohol policies when trumpeting their safety and workplace processes and cultures. However, the Fair Work Commission has also been promoting a ‘zero…

Drinks after work: from legless to jobless

By Rebecca Goulter | 06/08/2019

A photograph of seven different wine/alcohol glasses laid out in a row with an overlay of an orange tinge.

When getting legless can lead to being jobless: lessons learned from after-work drinks By Thomas Parer and Lindsay Carroll, NRA Legal Employers and employees are starting to realise that grabbing…