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Issues covered include: Restraint of Trade and Breach of Confidential Information, Liability of Officers, WHS, OHS Act, Fair Work Act 2009, Unfair Dismissal, Enterprise Agreements, Enterprise Bargaining, better off overall test (BOOT), Drug and Alcohol Testing, Sexual Harassment, Weinstein clause, Working from home.
It’d be nice if you could simply tell yourself and your clients to keep calm and carry on working. But with so many rapidly developing changes, growing risks, and ever increasing challenges for employment lawyers, it’s never so simple. Gain essential knowledge from our panel of experts as they delve into the most topical contemporary issues in the workplace.
Attend and earn 7 CPD units in Substantive Law
This symposium was recorded in VIC on 21 March 2019
Critical Issues in Workplace Law
Chair: Rohan Millar, Barrister, Douglas Menzies Chambers
9.00am to 10.00am: Restraint of Trade and Breach of Confidential Information
Presented by George Haros, Principal Lawyer, MacPherson Kelley; Leading Employment Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
10.00am to 11.00am: Liability of Officers, Managers and Advisers under Workplace Laws
Presented by Chris Molnar, Partner, Kennedys; Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Termination of Employment: Unfair Dismissal
Review of recent significant unfair dismissal case law and developments, including a consideration of:
Presented by Melissa Scadden, Senior Associate, Justitia Lawyers and Consultants
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Strategies and Developments in Enterprise Bargaining and Industrial Disputation
Presented by Ben Marshall, Partner, Holding Redlich
Personal Conduct and Its Implications in the Workplace
Chair: Michael Butler, Principal Lawyer, HR+Worklaw
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace
Presented by Anthony Massaro, Principal, Russell Kennedy Lawyers
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Working with Claims of Sexual Harassment
Presented by Nick Ruskin, Partner, K & L Gates
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm: The New Flexibility for the Employee
Presented by Joseph Kelly. Principal, Kelly Workplace Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations; Recommended Leading Employment Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018