Workplace Law Conference
“Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’” So the song goes...but just working is rarely that simple. In this modern world, workplace rules and regulations grow more complex every day. Your practice will benefit from this seminar and the timely insights from this panel of experts. The morning will focus on practical analysis of recent and relevant issues such as discrimination, modern slavery and labour hire both here and in New Zealand.
Description
Attend and Earn 7 CPD points in Substantive Law
This conference was recorded in NSW on 22 November 2018
Session 1
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Workplace Law
Chair: Aileen Challinor, Principal Lawyer, Pivotal Lawyers
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Labour Hire Licensing Laws
- State of the legislation across Australia
- Are you a labour hire provider?
- What are the obligations & requirements for labour hire providers?
- Does your business need to make any changes to its current or proposed contractual arrangements?
Presented by Leila Moddel, Senior Associate, Bird and Bird
9.50am to 10.35am: The Do’s and Don’ts Across the Ditch: Australia and New Zealand Employment Regimes
- Essential contract terms and conditions
- Differences in minimum entitlements
- Dispute processes and compensation caps
- Awards/ Enterprise agreements vs Collective agreements
Presented by Karen Jones, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
10.35am to 11.20am: Discrimination in Employment and Bullying
- Discrimination associated with employment and the intricacies of defining bullying
- The federal legislation that touches discrimination and bullying
- Causes of action: Where can they be heard?
- Issues for the applicant and defendant
- Remedies and how they can be enforced
Presented by Ralph Warren, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: Civil Penalties Under the Fair Work Act
- Pleading, practice and procedure
- The privilege against penalty
- Proving the case
- Penalties and compensation orders
- Publication, education and audit orders
- Costs
Presented by Ian Latham, Barrister, Denman Chambers
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Hear No Evil, See No Evil, In the Clear? Supply Chain Due Diligence
- Underpayment claims
- Accessories and the widening pool of the ‘knowingly involved’
- Vulnerable worker's legislation: liability for subsidiary companies and franchisees
- Supply chain and modern slavery legislation
Presented by Stephen Booth, Principal, Coleman Greig Lawyers
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
Employee Management in the Modern World
Chair: Michael Mead, Legal Practitioner Director, AI Group Workplace Lawyers
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Publish and Perish: The Risks of Disclosure
- How to protect company brand: protection of assets
- Managing employee conduct on social media: in and out of hours
- The risks of employer-sanctioned publications
- Employer as publisher: When can you disclose employee Information?
Co-presented by Kristy Peacock-Smith, Partner and Jarrad Parker, Senior Associate, Bird and Bird
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Unfair Dismissal: An Essential Update
- Developments in the right to legal representation
- Recent cases on dismissal for social media postings
- Recent cases on dismissal for health and safety breaches
Presented by Paul Moorhouse, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace – It’s Time, #Metoo: the Wake Up Call?
The AHRC Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces and its implications:
- Kneejerk reaction or not?
- What's to be achieved?
- Is the law the problem?
- Has social media & technology moved the goal posts?
Presented by Nick Chadwick, Principal, Chadwick Workplace Law