Emily Haar

Expertise

Recognition

‘Emily Haar is one of the most impressive people I have ever encountered. Her advice and approach is always on point and she has an innate ability to know when to take a very direct and more confrontational approach and also how to diffuse a matter that could escalate very quickly. Emily has an incredible eye for detail and always considers matters from a variety of perspectives and expertly assesses the implications of approaches.’ The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific: Labour and employment, 2025 edition – Testimonials

Recent deals and media coverage

• Corporate Ladder: your weekly guide to executive appointments – InDaily, 14 February 2022
• Piper Alderman promotes 11 – Lawyers Weekly, 13 December 2021
• Mind the Gap: Privacy Protection at Work – Law Society SA Bulletin, August 2023

Accolades

• The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific – Recommended for Labour and employment – 2021, 2022 & 2025 editions
• Doyle’s Guide – Recommended Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation) – South Australia 2025
• Doyle’s Guide – Employment & WHS Rising Stars – Australia, 2018, 2020 & 2021 editions
• Doyle’s Guide – Leading Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation) – South Australia, 2023 and 2024 editions
• Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards – Finalist for Workplace Relations and Employment Team of the Year – 2016, 2017 & 2018

Memberships

• Deputy Chair, Lutheran Education SA, NT & WA Inc
• Deputy Chair, Lutheran Homes Group Inc, Chair of Governance Committee
• Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Member, Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association SA
• Member, Australian Labour Law Association
• Member, Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association

Related Insights

• Federal Court confirms reasonable notice term may be implied into employment contracts
• Employment Relations Podcast #44 – When is the deal done? Resolving employment disputes
• Employment Relations Podcast #43 – Federal Election 2025: What is being proposed for industrial relations reform?
• Employment Relations Podcast #42 – What could the proposed ban on “non-competes” mean for Australian employers?
• Is the price right? Wage compliance for small business employers
• Employment Relations Podcast #41 – Understanding the Employment Law Considerations in Defence Export Controls
• When is alternative employment suitable? Commission considers the scope of section 120
• Employment Relations Podcast #40 – Understanding the Australian Right to Disconnect
• Employment Relations Podcast #39 – Restraints on restraints! What the United States’ ban on non-compete clauses could mean for Australian businesses
• When is a redundancy genuine? The necessity of timely consultation
• Preventing workplace bullying in a remote working environment
• Contractor vs Employee: The label is not determinative
• The Fair Work Commission’s Annual Wage Review 23-24
• Employment Relations Podcast #38 – Wage Theft: Go Directly to Jail?
• Webinar Q&As: 2024 ‘Beat the Clock’ Series: Substantive Law | Underpayment or wage theft? Understanding compliance with the Fair Work Act, criminalisation and the proposed safe harbour provisions
• “In the course of employment”: Worker required to have a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine awarded workers compensation following adverse effects
• Closing the rest of the loopholes: Final tranche of Fair Work Act amendments passes, but with some significant changes
• Employment Relations Podcast #37 – Closing Loopholes No. 2: Considering Complexities
• Employment Relations Podcast #36 – What does a psychosocially safe workplace look like?
• Fixed Term Contracts – What you need to know about the new restrictions, and further exceptions
• Unfair Contract Terms and Independent Contractors – Are your templates at risk under new reforms?
• Employment Relations Podcast #35 – The Governance of Decision Making in the Post-Qantas Environment
• Employment Relations Podcast #34 – Do you see what I see? The Closing Loopholes Bill
• The next tranche of Fair Work Act changes is underway as the Protecting Worker Entitlements Bill passes both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament
• Fair Work Commission decides that changes to the Professional Employees Award 2020 are necessary to meet the modern awards objective – What do employers need to know?
• Employment Relations Podcast #33 – National WHS Update: Industrial Manslaughter Laws and the Prohibition of Insurance
• Natural Persons Only: Federal Court Clarifies Superannuation Entitlements in Jamsek v ZG Operations Australia
• Employment Relations Podcast #32 – Addressing the Gender Pay Gap and Yet More Amendments to the Fair Work Act: What Employers Need to Know
• Employment Relations Podcast #31 – Consultation: Who, What, Where, and How?
• Understanding your organisation’s rights if the Fair Work Ombudsman issues a Notice to Produce
• Fair Work Ombudsman commences proceedings against Non-Employer Franchisor for alleged underpayments by franchisee
• Secret Surveillance: Fair Work Commission decides that employer can rely on recordings of internal employee telephone conversations to defend unfair dismissal claim
• Employment Relations Podcast #30 – Industrial Relations in 2022 and Beyond: Year in Review
• Employment Relations Podcast #29 – Secure Jobs, Better Pay – What ended up in the final version?
• The Respect@Work Act has officially been passed by Parliament – which proposals ultimately made the cut?
• What is “social origin”? Federal Circuit and Family Court considers the scope of protected attributes
• Webinar Q&As: Employment Relations National Seminar Series | Changes to the Fair Work Act: What is in store for Employers?
• Employment Relations Podcast #28 – The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill: What could it mean for your organisation?
• The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: How will the Bill impact bargaining and agreement-making?
• The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: How will the Bill impact gender equality and safety at work?
• The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: How will the Bill impact the management of staff?
• The Secure Jobs, Better Pay Bill is here: What are the proposed changes to Australia’s industrial relations landscape?
• Employment Relations Podcast #27 – Respect@Work Part 2: What can organisations do now to be ready to comply with the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace?
• Employment Relations Podcast #26 – Respect@Work Part 1: Does your organisation understand its existing obligations to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace?
• Unreasonable Adjustments – How far must an employer go to enable an employee to return to work?
• Breaking news: Federal Government introduces Respect@Work Bill
• Changes coming to employers – a look at the 2022 Jobs and Skills Summit
• Reasonable to rely on ATAGI: Fair Work Commission considers reasonableness of workplace vaccination policy in an unsuccessful unfair dismissal application
• A Tale of Two Vaccination Policies
• Employment Relations Podcast #25 – An overview of the general protections: When is a complaint an exercise of a workplace right, and who is the decision maker?
• Fair Work Commission Considers COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Implemented During Omicron
• Using his own words against him: How a complete refusal to comply with an employer’s vaccination policy regardless of its contents can justify termination without notice
• Lawful but unreasonable refusal to work from home – A matter of life and death?
• Employment Relations Podcast #24 – Special Edition: Contract is King – the High Court decisions in Jamsek and Personnel Contracting
• Webinar Q&As: Beat the Clock | Substantive Law – Workplace Lessons from the Pandemic
• Employment Relations Podcast #23 – Recent Round-Up of Covid-19 Vaccination Decisions
• A totally fabricated diary of working hours, and still no costs!
• Webinar Q&As: Employment Relations National Seminar Series | The Final Phase: Managing and Dismissing Unvaccinated Employees
• Employment Relations Podcast #22 – Moving to a vaccinated economy: What is an employer to do?
• Employment Relations Podcast #21 – Workplace investigations: tips and tricks
• Revisiting the limits of unfair dismissal claims: when is a contract expiry a dismissal?
• Employment Relations Podcast #20 – The High Court’s decision in rossato: A game-changer for contractual interpretation of Employment and Independent Contractor Arrangements?
• Employment Relations Podcast #19 – Privacy and Consent: Is your organisation collecting “sensitive” personal information about your staff?
• Employment Relations Podcast #18 – COVID-19 Vaccinations and your workplace: Is it a lawful and reasonable direction to mandate a vaccination?
• Caffeine collusion: fraudulent use of the company account to fund a caffeine habit can be a valid reason for dismissal
• The creation of a mature aged-care “profession”: is your organisation ready?
• Statutory casual definition introduced to the Fair Work Act
• COVID-19 vaccinations for employees: can it be “lawful and reasonable” for your organisation to make the vaccination compulsory for employees?
• Employment Relations Podcast #17 – Civil underpayments vs Criminal wage theft: Compare the pair
• Employment Relations Podcast #16 – The new Fair Work Amendment Bill – a taste of things to come in 2021
• Employment Relations Podcast #15: What do organisations need to consider as remote working becomes optional again?
• Employment Relations Podcast #14 – The impact of the gig economy on the concept of “work”: it’s broader than you might think
• Government directions to require online-education only may not be a “stoppage” of work that allows employees to be stood down without pay: What is required for a “business activity” to cease?
• Employment Relations Podcast #13 – Does it pass the smell test? When a contractor is actually an employee.
• Further changes to labour hire licensing in South Australia: Is your business involved in “prescribed work”?
• New financial year, new rates: Increases to award rates, penalty units and the High-Income Threshold are coming
• Employment Relations Podcast #12 – Are your casual employees really casual? A discussion of the Rossato decision
• Employment Relations Podcast #11 – Current and post COVID-19 employment restructuring: What options does your organisation have?
• Employment Relations Podcast #10 – What tools does your business have in its kit to deal with COVID-19 and beyond?
• Employment Relations Podcast #9 – April 2020 update regarding the employment law considerations arising from COVID-19
• Employment Relations Podcast #8 – COVID-19 and Work Health and Safety Obligations
• Employment Relations Podcast #7 – Is your business prepared for the employment law consequences of COVID-19?
• Employment Relations Podcast #6 – Overview of National Employment Standards and Award Annualised Salaries… coming to a workplace near you?
• Employment Relations Podcast #5 – Christmas Party Pitfalls
• Lifting the veil: When can the Commission look beyond an external authority’s decision as to psychological suitability?
• Employment Relations Podcast #4 – Part 3 of our Whistleblower Special
• Employment Relations Podcast #3 – Part 2 of our Whistleblower Special
• Employment Relations Podcast #2 – Part 1 of our Whistleblower Special
• Piper Alderman releases podcast: “Employment Law for the Time Poor”
• Employment Relations Podcast #1 – Why lawyers and maths don’t mix
• Recklessness, negligence, increased fines and the end of insurance – is your workplace ready?
• Freedom to hire: discrimination damages awarded for failure to hire because of a candidate’s political activities
• Labour hire licensing is back on in SA!
• Potential prosecution by a safety regulator for poor workplace culture – is it coming to a workplace near you?
• The curious case of the calculating courier
• South Australia leaves Labour Hire Licensing behind
• Food delivery service “gig economy” operators under the industrial spotlight
• Compulsory FWO interviews: coming to an employer near you
• You’ll have to say it at the SAET: Expansion of the role of the South Australian Employment Tribunal
• You’ll have to say it at the SAET: Expansion of the role of the South Australian Employment Tribunal
• A call for licensing and registration in the labour hire industry
• Do we need an exemption to only advertise this job to women? VCAT says no
• Don’t tell me the party’s over: The Fair Work Commission considers the physical and temporal limitations to managerial intervention into the office Christmas party

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