Employment Law Disruptors & Developments: Navigating Around Mandatory Vaccinations
This practical session will give you all the necessary and up to date information on mandatory vaccinations. You will leave equipped with the knowledge to guide your employees and clients so that you know what to anticipate in the coming months. WEB226N28A
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Sonia Chandra, Special Counsel, Danny King Legal
Navigating Around Mandatory Vaccinations
- When is a mandatory workplace vaccination direction reasonable?
- Practical issues arising from workplace vaccination mandates
- The constantly changing COVID-19 health and safety landscape
- Discrimination: A legitimate concern or a red herring?
- What the future holds
Presented by Michael Byrnes, Partner, Swaab
Presenters
Sonia Chandra
Sonia has a wealth of experience in employment law and is currently Special Counsel at Danny King Legal. Sonia has had a varied career in employment law, ranging from in-house at a union, private practice for both applicant and respondent firms and corporate in-house. Prior to returning to private practice at Danny King Legal, who were recently recognised as Boutique Diversity Firm of the Year, she worked as Head of Legal for the Australian and International Pilots Association. Her areas of expertise include industrial relations, enterprise bargaining, negotiations, discrimination, unfair dismissals and general protections claims.
Michael Byrnes
Michael Byrnes is a partner of Swaab. He is a workplace relations lawyer with over 20 years' experience in assisting clients navigate employment and work health and safety issues. Michael runs specially tailored training programs and seminars for clients (including at board level). He also drafts and reviews workplace policies and undertakes complex and sensitive workplace investigations. As well as regularly presenting at conferences, Michael is often called upon for expert opinion in the media. He has appeared on numerous radio segments and regularly quoted in publications including The Australian Financial Review, The Age, Lawyers Weekly, Workplace Express, OHS Alert, SmartCompany, HRM Online and InTheBlack on workplace relations and WHS law issues.