Workplace Law - Sexual Harassment from a Safety Perspective
OND233Q11A3
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Legal Knowledge
This program is based on QLD legislation
11.15am to 12.15pm Sexual Harassment from a Safety Perspective
- Examine the duty for employers and officers to minimise the risk of sexual harassment in the workplace
- Consider the likely implementation of a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in QLD
- Determine the impact of changes to the Industrial Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 on employer's responses to sexual harassment in QLD
Presented by Alanna Fitzpatrick, Partner, K&L Gates
Presenters
Alanna Fitzpatrick
Alanna is an experienced workplace health and safety lawyer. She is a responsive, pragmatic and empathetic lawyer who assists her clients to navigate the serious safety incidents and accidents. She assists clients respond to and engage with regulators undertaking investigations following safety incidents in a manner that is designed to ensure that the risk of reputational damage and personal/corporate prosecution is minimised. Alanna is also an experienced front end safety lawyer, providing compliance advice to a range of organisations to understand and discharge their obligations under safety legislation and for officers, developing a suite of material to enable those officers to discharge their duty to exercise due diligence. Alanna delivers engaging and informative presentations on safety related topics include crisis management, due diligence and managing the risk of psychosocial harm. She is experienced in dealing with a wide range of employment matters including executive employment issues, performance management, grievances, disciplinary matters, discrimination and termination of employment. Alanna has a particular focus on assisting employers to manage ill and injured employees and restraint of trade matters. Alanna is a commercially focussed and pragmatic litigator. She has assisted clients to litigate individual and collective disputes in the Fair Work Commission as well as disputes and regulatory prosecutions in the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Queensland. Alanna has advised her clients on all types of workplace investigations and undertakes workplace investigations, particularly those relating to bullying allegations and sexual harassment. Alanna has advised companies in various industries including agriculture, aviation, construction, energy and resources, medical and pharmaceutical, retail, higher education, government departments and government owned corporations.