Workplace Law Symposium
Issues covered include: Whistleblowing laws, workplace bullying, sexual harassment, workplace culture, biometric technology, social media, privacy, workplace conflict
Description
Workplace misconduct and the legal implications are ever changing. New whistleblowing laws, changing trends in bullying and harassment, evolving biometric, social media and privacy issues; the list goes on and on. Catch up on the latest in each of these critical areas in the morning and then delve into crucially important employment contractual issues in the afternoon.
Attend and earn 7 CPD hours in Substantive Law
This symposium was recorded in NSW on 6 September 2019
Session 1
Effectively Managing Employee and Employer Misconduct
Chair: Judith Healy, Partner, JH Law
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Calling out Wrongdoers: New Whistleblowing Laws
The whistleblower protection provisions of the Corporations Act have had a major overhaul, but do they make whistleblowing harder than it should be?
- Critical insights regarding the new whistleblowing protections in the Corporations Act and the Taxation Administration Act
- The significant role of legal practitioners and in-house counsel: your obligations and key responsibilities
- Complexities with anonymity
Presented by Elizabeth Ticehurst, Director, Workplace & Employment Law, KPMG; Accredited Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law
9.50am to 10.35am: Workplace Bullying and Managing Sexual Harassment Claims: Reputation, Reporting and Managing Workplace Culture
- Vital insights you need to know on the bullying provisions of the Fair Work Act and sexual harassment provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act
- The ramifications of the prevalence of bullying and sexual harassment claims
- The limitations of the current bullying and discrimination jurisdictions
- Cultural issues giving rise to claims
- Managing workplace culture to minimize costly claims and far-reaching reputational damage
- Law reform solutions being considered by the Australian Human Rights Commission enquiry into Sexual harassment
Presented by Mia Pantechis, Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers; Employment & WHS Rising Star, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: Biometric Technology: Are Fingerprints, Eye scanners and Face and Voice Authentication Infringing on the Privacy of Workers?
- A brave new world: evolving use of technology in the workplace
- Technology and the employer prerogative: What is reasonable and lawful?
- The Fair Work Commission decision in Jeremy Lee v Superior Wood Pty Ltd [2019]
- Essential guidelines for employers implementing biometric technology
Presented by Michael Byrnes, Partner, Swaab
11.35am to 12.20pm: Employee Social Media Use in the Spotlight: Football Writers, Football Players and Political Footballs
Recent high-profile cases (including a constitutional matter in the High Court) have cast a spotlight on the rights of employees and employers in relation to social media use. What does it mean for you?
- Wallabies versus welders: How does an employee’s public profile affect an employer’s ability to control social media use?
- What is #FreedomOfPoliticalCommunication and what does it mean for employers and employees?
- How employers are effectively managing complications arising from social media use
Presented by Angus Macinnis, Director of Dispute Resolution, StevensVuaran Lawyers
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Managing Workplace Conflict Effectively: Skills, Processes and Tips
- Workplace conflict under the microscope: What is the nature and causes?
- Strategies to manage misconduct and other workplace conflict
- 4 Models of early intervention and resolution: facilitation, mediation, conciliation, negotiation
Presented by Elizabeth Devine, Principal, Solicitor and Workplace Relations Consultant, Devine Law at Work
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
Key Contract Issues
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Flexible Work Arrangement Contracts: Practical Answers to Pressing Questions
- Examine flexible work and explore the vital issues
- Should flexible work be addressed in contracts and if so how?
- Guidelines on when flexible work can be refused
- The recourse available
Presented by Brooke Pendlebury, Principal, Pendlebury Workplace Law
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Does the Implied Term as to Reasonable Notice Still Have a Role?
- Most recent caselaw says that the implied term requiring reasonable notice of termination is not implied into an employment contract where a period of notice is prescribed by an applicable award or statute
- Given that a minimum period of notice is prescribed by the Fair Work Act for virtually all Australian employees, those authorities suggest that the implied term as to reasonable notice is effectively redundant
- However, a few recent decisions suggest that some Australian judges do not accept that position
- Stay up to date with this developing area of employment law
Presented by Paul Moorhouse, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Mastering Post-Employment Restraint of Trade Agreements: Drafting and Enforcing
- The key principles to consider that affect enforcement
- Recent cases and how they shape what you should and shouldn’t be doing
- Practical drafting tips and examples to avoid pitfalls
Presented by David Cross, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia; Recommended Employment Lawyer (Employer Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2017
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
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