Enrolled Nurse found guilty of professional misconduct following dishonest and misleading conduct
A 2025 decision of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) found an enrolled nurse had engaged in conduct that constituted professional misconduct following a guilty plea to 64 criminal offences, failure to notify the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia within seven days of becoming aware of a relevant event on twelve occasions […]
TGA guidelines for advertising cosmetic injectable treatments
On 7 March 2024, the Therapeutic Goods Administration updated their guidelines on advertising health services; specifically, the advertisement of services that involve therapeutic goods. The updated guidelines were effective immediately.
Health practitioners’ obligations to disclose an impairment to the health regulator
When is it necessary to notify the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency that you or another practitioner is suffering a health impairment? We explore health practitioners’ mandatory reporting obligations to AHPRA, of an impairment and what happens once a disclosure is made.
Your employer instructs you to do something illegal. What are your rights as an employee?
It is imperative you understand your rights and obligations in relation to reasonable and lawful directions from your employer. We explore your rights if a direction requires you to break the law.
Do I have to tell my employer I am pregnant?
If you're pregnant and working in paid employment, at some point you will need to discuss work and leave arrangements with your employer; including your entitlement to paid or unpaid leave, ensuring you have a safe work environment and your rights to flexible work arrangements.
Making statements over the phone to AHPRA
This article addresses the dangers of responding to an initial Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) notification and subsequent inquiry, over the phone during the first point of contact.
Nursing and Midwifery Board decision: AHPRA notification frivolous and vexatious
Hall Payne recently acted for a member of the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union who had an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency notification made against their registration. We robustly argued that the allegations were vexatious, untrue and incapable of being substantiated.
Overpayment of wages. Where do you stand?
The traditional understanding in relation to overpayment of wages is that money can be recovered from an employee if the overpayment arose from a mistake of fact, however, overpayment monies could not be recovered if it arose from a mistake of law.
Underpayment of wages
With the increasing number of recent cases publicised regarding wage theft across various industries in Australia, it is important that all employees know their workplace rights and entitlements. This is particularly relevant to wage rights including any underpayment of wages.