Employment Law Symposium - Employee Underpayments: Wage Theft or Payroll Mistake? & Contractor vs Employee
OND233N21B1
Description
Attend and earn 1.5 CPD hours in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
2.00pm to 2.45pm Employee Underpayments: Wage Theft or Payroll Mistake?
Following high profile and big bucks underpayment scandals, criminalizing underpayments has gathered momentum. But is that really the solution?
- Review the current state of the law
- Explore the reasons for underpayments
- Consider alternative approaches to addressing what appears to be a widespread problem
Presented by Amber Sharp, Partner, McCullough Robertson
2.45pm to 3.30pm Contractor vs Employee
- What is the test for employment?
- Some further complications: labour hire; group employers
- Can you confidently predict the answer?
- What happens if you get it wrong?
- Is there a need for a statutory test?
Presented by Ian Latham, Barrister, Denman Chambers; Leading Workplace Health and Safety Law and Recommended Workplace Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide, 2021
Presenters
Amber Sharp
Amber Sharp has over 20 years’ experience as a workplace relations lawyer. She has particular expertise in discrimination, termination disputes, and bullying claims. Amber is praised by clients for her down to earth, straight talking and solutions-oriented approach. Amber is recognised in Doyles Guide and Best Lawyers as a leading employer representative employment and industrial relations practitioner.
Ian Latham
Ian Latham is a barrister at Denman Chambers specialising in employment and industrial law, particularly in the area of civil penalty. He has appeared in many civil penalty cases particularly ABCC v Parker (No 1) and (No 2), BKH Contractors Case (No 1) and (No 2) and FWO v ZNZ, FWO v A-Z and FWO v Robit Nominees. He writes for the Lexis Fair Work Act Service and the Lexis Industrial Relations Act (NSW) Service.