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Mandatory vaccination orders placed certain workers under a legal obligation not to work unless fully vaccinated.

As we continue to live with COVID-19, educators should consider the duty of care owed to students in this online context.

A NSW teacher was charged with common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm over a shove to a student.

Investigations are stressful – for everyone involved. So it’s no surprise the NSW Industrial Relations Commission has held that there are inherent psychosocial risks involved in the investigation process. In a recent decision affirming the validity of two improvement notices issued to the Department of Education by SafeWork NSW, the Commission reminds employers of their duty to identify and mitigate those risks, and the consequences when they don’t.

The plaintiffs in Amery argued that, as casual teachers, they were unable to access higher increment levels while performing work of equal value, and that they had been discriminated against on the basis of sex.

Parenting orders under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) (“the Act”) determine post separation living arrangements for a child, allocation of parental responsibility, and may include orders about education, such as which school a child/ren should attend. Courts have emphasised that parents must take positive action to ensure children spend time with or live with each parent in accordance with parenting orders.

A company conducting ski lessons has a duty to take precautions against exposing a beginners class to risky obstacles.

All schools should review policies and procedures and governance structures, to ensure full compliance with the new Act.

Public schools and religious educational institutions should review their practices in relation to LGBTQI+ individuals.

Recent news, articles, cases and seminars relating to education and schools in Australia.

Schools should review corporate governance structures to ensure the efficient running of school operations as a business.

Whether a school bully can be charged would depend on if they have reached the 'age of criminal responsibility'.

if you knowingly take part in supplying, or agreeing to supply a prohibited drug in NSW, you can be guilty of an offence.

Schools are recommended to consider the possibility of discrimination in their uniform policies.

The report is an overview of anti-bullying initiatives and legislation implemented by the government of Ontario, Canada.

This issue includes useful reminders of how tax law, financial management, and family law can intersect with education.

The school principal is facing 74 charges relating to the sexual abuse of three sisters who were students of the school.