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Legal risks you need to be aware of – part 2
Principals face a range of legal risks that threaten their schools with financial and reputational damage. In part two of a two-part series, the experts reveal a few of the risks they need to watch out for.
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Mitigate and manage: The legal risks you must be aware of
Australian society is becoming increasingly litigious – and that includes the education sector. In the first of a two-part series, The Educator outlines the potential legal risks to be aware of.
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Principals lack vital compliancy training – experts
The amount of red tape involved in principals’ day-to-day work can have serious legal implications – both for themselves and their schools. The Educator investigates.
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Top schools face multimillion-dollar lawsuits
Four elite private schools are being sued over allegations of systematic abuse by teachers and staff.
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How principals can benefit from a lesson in law
A new pilot program is giving students and families a lesson in law to help them navigate complex issues that can affect their lives. The Educator investigates how principals stand to gain.
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Schools can’t ‘lock down’ social media, but….
The Educator investigates what is being done by principals to combat the recurring problem of social media-based threats against their schools.
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Responding to threats in the workforce - a best practice guide
An employment lawyer weighs in on how HR should respond if a threat of violence is directed towards an employee in the workplace.
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Social media a legal minefield for troubled students
More needs to be done to help students understand the legal ramifications of what they post online, Alex Kohn from Makinson d’Apice lawyers tells The Educator.
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School hires full-time lawyer in Australian first
One school is taking early intervention to the next level, becoming the first to hire a lawyer to provide legal assistance to students and parents.
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School faces legal action for trying to discipline misbehaving students
A school is facing legal action after trying to send home two students who deliberately breached airport security during a school trip.
