NDIS Law: Critical Updates
Attend and receive invaluable information on the critical legislative reform and other updates impacting NDIS. Dissect the anticipated outcomes and far-reaching impacts resulting from the NDIS review and the final report of the Royal Commission. Led by a distinguished panel of industry professionals, join them to navigate the challenges encountered by both providers and participants, and leave equipped to navigate the future of the NDIS. WEB238N13Z
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Chris Molnar, Partner, Kennedys; Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations
9.00am to 10.00am What are Providers Responsible for? Legal Liability of NDIS Providers and Governance Checklist
- Summary of what we have learned so far from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
- Preparing for the future: what liability do NDIS providers have for abuse, and what changes to the law, regulation, and community expectations are we likely to see flowing from the Royal Commission?
- Conducting a governance health check: signs of healthy and unhealthy governance practices
- Practical guidance on identifying, developing, and implementing policies and procedures to improve the health of your organisation
Presented by Luke Geary, Partner, Mills Oakley; named as Australia’s Non-Profit/Charities Lawyer of the Year 2020 and 2023 and Riley Huntley, Lawyer, Mills Oakley
10.00am to 11.00am NDIS Updates and Reforms Impacting Participants
- NDIS review updates
- AAT review updates
- Recent caselaw relating to supports
Presented by Kylie Hyde, Civil Law Solicitor, Legal Aid
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Break
11.15am to 12.15pm Privacy Considerations in the NDIS Space: What You Need to Know
- Important privacy concepts that service providers need to know
- What is personal information, sensitive information and health information?
- Privacy compliance issues
- When collecting participants’ information - what can you collect, what you can’t collect, and obtaining participant’s consent
- Storing and accessing participant’s information: What must you provide access to and what are the related exceptions?
- Disclosing information: When information can & can’t be used and disclosed
Presented by Vanessa Baic, Special Counsel, K&L Gates
12.15pm to 1:15pm Navigating the Implications of Workplace Updates and Legislative Reforms for NDIS Sector
- SCHADS Award coverage including classifications
- Recent changes to the Award including the work value case
- What impact the changes may have
- What other changes can we expect
- Impact on contracts of employment and enterprise agreements
Presented by Libby Pallot, Principal, Russell Kennedy; recognized by Doyle’s Guide in 2023 and by Best Lawyers 2014-2023
Presenters
Chris Molnar
Chris Molnar is a workplace relations partner at Kennedys. He has practised in the area of workplace relations for over 25 years. He has extensive experience and knowledge in industrial relations, employment law, occupational health and safety, and discrimination. Chris is accredited as a specialist in Workplace Relations by the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV). He was the recipient of the prestigious President’s Award in 2009 from the Law Institute of Victoria for his contribution to the specialisation scheme. In 2016 he was awarded the LIV Rogers Legal Writing Award for the best contribution in 2015 to the Law Institute Journal. Chris has acted for individuals, corporations and public sector agencies in a wide range of areas including: enterprise bargaining including strategy, communications with employees and negotiations with unions; drafting individual and collective industrial agreements; employment contracts, restraint clauses, protection of intellectual property, performance management and remuneration systems; termination of employment including unfair and wrongful dismissals; industrial disputes including proceedings in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Fair Work Australia, Fair Work Commission and the Federal Court; award variations; the industrial relations and employment law implications of business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions; discrimination and sexual harassment; and occupational health and safety including advice on employer or occupier duties, corporate and managerial responsibility, incident management and prosecutions. Chris is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a former Chairman of the Workplace Relations Specialisation Committee and Past Chairman of the Workplace Relations Section of the Law Institute of Victoria, which is responsible for co-ordinating activities of workplace relations lawyers in Victoria such as educational programs, research and recommendations for law reform. He is a member of the Specialisation Board of the Law institute of Victoria. Chris obtained his Bachelor of Laws from Monash University. He also holds a Master of Laws degree from Monash University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Melbourne. He is listed in Doyle's Guide for 2016 and 2017 as one of Melbourne's leading Employment and Industrial Relations lawyers. He is a Recommended Lawyer for 'Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Australia)' in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021.
Luke Geary
Luke is a Partner in the Mills Oakley NFPs, Human Rights & Social Impact team in Brisbane and has extensive experience in the not-for-profit sector. Luke has developed a particular expertise in assisting institutions in the disability sector in ensuring their operations are in line with the developing findings of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, for the safety and promotion of inclusion for people with disability. In this regard, Luke is regularly briefed by major institutions to assist in responding to the Royal Commission’s request for documents and information and to prepare submissions for and appear as a legal advisor in public hearings before the Royal Commission. Luke regularly advises Australia’s largest social sector organisations on safeguarding and investigations matters, to ensure good risk management and compliance within those entities and the stakeholders they support. Luke was named one of Australia’s Best Lawyers for Non-Profit/Charities Law in the 2023/2024 Best Lawyers list for the eighth consecutive year, including in both 2020 and 2023 being named as Australia’s Non-Profit/Charities ‘Lawyer of the Year’.
Kylie Hyde
Kylie Hyde is currently a Solicitor with the Civil Law team at Legal Aid Coffs Harbour. Kylie currently provides general civil law advice across a range of issues, including issues relating to the NDIS. Kylie as part of this team provides education sessions to medical and allied health professionals and members of the community, particularly in relation to the NDIS and DSP. Kylie was previously the Senior Solicitor, Disability Law with the Mid North Coast Legal Centre and Disability Advocacy NSW. Prior to joining the Mid North Coast Legal Centre Kylie was with Legal Aid in the Government Law NDIS team. Kylie has an extensive background in litigation, starting in private practice in a regional firm, and then working overseas as a Legal Officer for two London Boroughs, before returning to work in Sydney and then back to Coffs Harbour. Kylie has a particular interest in systemic issues impacting on individuals living with a disability. Kylie has previously appeared as a witness before the Senate Inquiry into the Purpose, Intent and Adequacy of the DSP.
Vanessa Baic
Vanessa Baic is a corporate and commercial lawyer whose practice focuses on the health, aged care/retirement living and therapeutic goods sectors. Ms. Baic advises clients on a range of issues affecting the above industries including compliance with regulatory requirements, contracting, risk management, privacy, structuring and mergers and acquisitions. Her clients include some of Australia's most well known companies in the health, aged care/retirement living and therapeutic goods sectors and comprise for-profit and not-for profit entities as well as government.
Libby Pallot
Libby Pallot is the head of Russell Kennedy's Workplace Relations, Employment & Safety practice and a partner of the firm. Libby is an experienced practitioner in all areas of employment law and industrial relations. Libby regularly advises employers in relation to employment disputes, terms and conditions of employment, the modern award system and generally in relation to an employer's obligation under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Libby regularly presents at industry and profession seminars as an expert in this area.
Riley Huntley
Riley is a Lawyer in the NFPs, Human Rights & Social Impact team in Brisbane. Riley regularly acts for individuals in matters of public interest and cases involving human rights issues. Riley also has experience in assisting institutional clients, including large not-for-profits, charities, representative bodies and service providers, responding to claims for damages involving historical child abuse, Royal Commissions, corporate governance failures and membership disputes. Riley has experience acting for institutions and individuals across a range of areas including: Acting on behalf of survivors of child abuse in civil claims against government and other institutions as well as perpetrators directly; Assisting institutions with Counsel in litigated civil claims for damages for historical child abuse in Supreme and District Courts across Australia; Assisting not-for-profits and charities with Counsel in matters involving corporate governance failures, membership disputes and successor institutions before the Supreme Courts across Australia; Advising on regulatory compliance, including on child abuse reporting and working with children’s check obligations under various state-based legislation; Acting on behalf of Charities in debt recovery actions; Assisting individuals who are the victims of defamation in obtaining urgent injunctive relief and; Acting on behalf of individuals in Child Protection proceedings. Riley is a winner of the LawyersWeekly Australian Law Awards Legal Support Professional of the Year 2022. She has a graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law) and is a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) / Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Human Physiology) (Queensland University of Technology).