Adverse Action Claims and Workplace Discrimination - Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace & Managing Unconscious Bias at Work
OND233N67Z2
Description
Attend and earn 1.5 CPD hours in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
10.50am to 11.35am Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Recent legislative reform following the Respect@Work report
- Recent cases on sexual harassment
- State based reviews of sexual harassment in particular industries
Presented by Wendy Fauvel, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
11.35am to 12.20pm Managing Unconscious Bias at Work
- What is unconscious bias and its role in discrimination law and general protections claims?
- Reviewing cases including Tsikos v Austin Health, Sharma v Legal Aid Queensland, Gaynor v Chief of the Defence Force (No 3)
- Responding to unconscious bias allegations during the employment relationship?
- What can or should a workplace do?
Presented by Rob Jackson, Partner, Rigby Cooke Lawyers; Accredited Specialist Workplace Relations and Commercial Litigation
Presenters
Wendy Fauvel
Wendy Fauvel is an Executive Counsel in Herbert Smith Freehills’ Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety team based in Brisbane. Wendy helps clients tackle complex scenarios by providing targeted, practical and commercial advice on employment law issues. Wendy works with clients on all aspects of the employment lifecycle, including drafting or reviewing contracts and policies, managing issues such as poor performance and misconduct, entitlements and obligations, and conducting workplace investigations. Wendy has conducted a number of assessments of contractor arrangements, and has assisted an employer in a FWO sham contracting investigation, where no further action was taken against the client.
Rob Jackson
Rob Jackson represents companies and executives in a broad range of , employment related litigation such as dismissals, redundancies, , discrimination, poor performance, and misconduct. Rob also advises on , complex matters affecting the employment relationship such as cross-, jurisdictional employment disputes, intellectual property, privacy and , whistle-blowing, tax and defamation issues. Rob defends companies , and executives in OHS prosecutions, and advises companies on their , WorkCover exposure. Rob is a Registered Migration Agent no 0533348, , assisting businesses with their employment-related migration needs and is , an accredited specialist in both workplace relations and commercial , litigation. He is also an author of 'Post Employment Restraint of Trade' , published by Federation Press, 2014. Rob is a member of the LIV , Workplace Relations Accredited Specialist Committee that sets , employment law specialist exams every two years. Rob is admitted as a , solicitor in both Victoria and England, and holds a LLM from Monash , University in intellectual property.