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When is a redundancy strategy truly “genuine”? Why your contractors may be the key to your next unfair dismissal claim business employment law redundancy Mar 25, 2026

The High Court of Australia recently handed down a landmark decision in Helensburgh Coal Pty Ltd v Bartley [2025] HCA 29 (‘Helensburgh Coal’), evolving the legal landscape of redundancy and unfair dismissal.

For years, Australian employees have operated on the assumption that a redundancy was “genu...

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