Workplace Law Bundle 2

Unlock all 10 CPD points with our Workplace Law Bundle—combining two of our bestsellers for employment lawyers. Join us live online and stay compliant, starting with mandatory ethics points tailored specifically for your practice. Then, dive into the Workplace Law Conference, where you'll explore Queensland’s evolving anti-discrimination laws, the growing focus on psychosocial safety, and whistleblower protections. Stay ahead of emerging risks, gain practical strategies to tackle pressing employment law issues, and ensure your practice is fully equipped to navigate legal shifts in workplace rights and responsibilities. Perfect for Queensland-based practitioners, but applicable for all lawyers across Australia. Don’t risk unexpected claims—secure your spot now.

Description
Attend and earn 10 CPD units including: 

7 units in Substantive Law 
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility 
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 
1 unit in Professional Skills
Best for practitioners in QLD, but applicable to all practitioners from all States & Territories

Ethics, Professional Skills & Practice Management for Employment Lawyers

Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Explore key aspects of workplace health and safety, in-house counsel strategies, and ethical responsibilities in employment law. Learn incident documentation techniques, risk assessment, and effective management of sensitive workplace investigations.

4.00pm to 4.15pm Break
Description

Attend and earn 3 CPD units including:  
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility 
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 
1 unit in Professional Skills 
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

Chair

Lauren Townsend, Partner, Thomson Greer

Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm Work Health & Safety: Understanding Industrial Accidents & Workplace Injuries

 

  • The techniques to document an incident scene
  • Technologies used by engineers to reconstruct incidents
  • Lesson from incidents what could you tell your clients to do
  • Do a stress test 

Presented by Dr Shane Richardson, Principal Forensic Engineer, Managing Director and Owner Delta V Experts 

Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm The In-House Counsel’s Guide to Managing Employment Law Issues: Practical Tips from the Frontline

 

Join seasoned in-house counsel who will share their practical tips and strategies from the front line for effectively navigating employment law matters. 

  • Practical tips on aligning employment law compliance with company objectives, including how you can assess risk levels and prioritise issues within business contexts
  • Strategies for keeping up to date with employment law developments and implementing proactive measures, including effective ways to work with HR and other departments on policy updates
  • How to manage sensitive workplace investigations, from planning to documentation

Panelists:
Jason Goyal, Managing Principal, Resolve Employment Lawyers; Leading In-House Employment & WHS Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2023  
Andy Lynch, Group Manager - Industrial Relations Legal at Downer EDI Limited  
Lachlan Carr, General Counsel – Employment Law Specialist, Australian Higher Education Industrial Association (AHEIA) 
Fiona Mullins, Group Counsel, HSE, People & Transition, AGL

Natasha Hannah, Principal, Employment Law and Workplace Relations, Legalite

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm Ethics & Professional Responsibilities for Workplace Lawyers

 

  • Common ethical issues in workplace law
  • Advising employer clients on an ethical basis
  • Responsibilities of workplace lawyers 

Presented by Chris MolnarPartner, Kennedys; Accredited Specialist in Workplace Relations

 

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Workplace Law Conference: Navigating Compliance, Duty of Care & Emerging Risks

Thursday, 27 March 2025

With substantial changes to Queensland’s anti-discrimination laws, the rising importance of psychosocial safety, and whistleblower protections, get ready to tackle this year’s most pressing employment law issues. Avoid being blindsided by emerging risks and gain practical strategies to navigate the legal shifts in workplace rights and responsibilities. Don’t risk exposing your client to unexpected claims and liabilities- ensure your practice is across the latest know-how.

10.00am to 11.00am Employers’ Duty of Care

 

  • Overview of the principles of the duty of care in employment
  • Looking at the duty of care in the context of workplace health and safety
  • How far does the duty extend?
  • Tips for employers 

Presented by Rachel Drew, Managing Partner, Holding Redlich, AFR Lawyer of the Year, Recommended & Leading Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2022 and Keisha Currie, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich  

11.15am to 12.15pm Employee Whistleblower Rights and Protections under the Corporations Act

 

  • Understanding which employees are protected and when, and the obligations and consequences on employers when a whistleblower complaint is made
  • Recent cases on the application of whistleblower protections under the Corporations Act
  • Tips for employers in applying and responding to the protections 

Presented by Madeleine Stone, Barrister, George Street Chambers 

 

4.15pm to 5.15pm Adverse Action in 2025: Recent Significant Decisions

 

Recently, a number of significant decisions have clarified the operation of the adverse action provisions.  Consider important recent authorities that illuminate key concepts, including: 

  • The proper pleading of an adverse action claim
  • Who relevantly contributes in cases of corporate decision-making
  • When action does, or doesn’t, constitute a prejudicial alteration or injury to employment 

Presented by Edward Shorten, Barrister, Inns of Court; Recommended Employment Law Junior Counsel (Australia), Doyle’s Guide 2024; Preeminent Employment & WHS Junior Counsel (Queensland), Doyle’s Guide 2024

Description

Attend and earn 7 CPD units in Substantive Law 
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

Session 1: Workplace Compliance and Duty of Care in Employment Law


Chair: Mitchell Devine, Principal, Devine Legal

9.00am to 10.00am Changes to QLD Anti-Discrimination Act

 

Changes to the Anti-Discrimination Regime in Queensland from 1 July 2025 

  • Examination of the new positive duty to prevent discrimination
  • Explore the shift in the onus on the employer to disprove conduct amounts to discrimination
  • Challenges with new protected attributes, including criminal records, physical appearance and victim-survivors of domestic and family violence
  • The new ability for complaints to be advanced on “a combination of grounds” 

Presented by Deacon Johnston, Barrister, George Street Chambers

11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
12.15pm to 1.15pm Recent High Court and Intermediate Appellate Court Authorities all Employment Lawyers Should Know About

 

Discover the latest High Court and intermediate appellate court decisions that are shaping the future of employment law. Stay informed on the critical legal trends and rulings every employment lawyer should know to effectively advise clients and manage workplace disputes. 
Presented by Pawel Zielinski, Barrister, Callinan Chambers; Recommended Employment & WHS Barrister. Doyle’s Guide 2023

Session 2: Navigating Workforce Flexibility and Emerging Legal Risks


Chair: Danny Clifford,
Director, Clifford Gouldson Lawyers

2.00pm to 3.00pm Balancing Labour Force Flexibility with the Closing the Loopholes Legislative Reforms

 

  • Disputes about the right to disconnect
  • Challenges with the new definition of ‘casual employee’ and independent contractor
  • Balancing ‘unfair contracts’ regulation with independent contracting
  • Navigating the new regulated labour hire arrangement orders from November 2024 

Presented by Emma Treherne, Senior Legal & Compliance Manager, Isuzu UTE Australia Pty Ltd 

Presenters

Mitchell Devine, Principal, Devine Legal
Mitchell Devine is the Principal, Devine Legal and a dual Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law and Workplace Relations. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and Masters of Laws and is a member of the Industrial Relations Society of Queensland, Australian Lawyers Alliance and Australian Labour Law Association. Mitchell was previously a member and chair of the Queensland Law Society Workplace Relations Advisory Committee. Mitchell lectures in employment law at the University of the Sunshine Coast and practises exclusively in areas of personal injuries and workplace relations. He is a recommended employment lawyer in the Doyle’s Guide from 2017 to date for both employer and employee representation.

Rachel Drew, Managing Partner, Holding Redlich
Rachel is a highly experienced workplace lawyer. Rachel is involved in advising on the legal aspects and practical implementation issues across the full scope of workplace relations. Rachel’s practice involves employment and industrial relations issues, enterprise bargaining, workplace disputes, Federal Circuit Court and Fair Work Commission litigation, employee misconduct investigations, professional conduct standards and registration, business sponsorship and migration, defamation disputes, work health and safety, employment contract disputes, discrimination, managing discipline and dismissal, and transmission of business. Extensive industry experience in government, education, medical and allied health and construction and resources sectors. Certified professional member of the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Keisha Currie, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich
Keisha is an experienced work health and safety lawyer and is passionate about helping clients take a preventative approach to safety. Keisha has worked specifically in the work health and safety space for the past 8 years and has experience advising clients within both the public and private sector. Keisha’s practice involves advising on all facets of safety legislation including duties, director’s duties and compliance, incident response, reviews of safety health management systems, legislative compliance and responding to regulatory enforcement action. Keisha has been involved in both defending clients against prosecution and representing a national regulator in the prosecution of a large railway operator.

Pawel Zielinski, Barrister, Callinan Chambers
Pawel (Pav) Zielinski focuses on complex and contentious industrial and general employment disputes. He was called to the bar in 2021. Prior to that, he was a solicitor for a decade employed in a national law firm specialising in the same area. His main interests lie in statutory construction and appellate law but he routinely appears in general protections matters, wage claims and unfair dismissals across the Federal and State systems. He is recognised as a ‘leading’ junior counsel in Queensland (Doyle’s Guide, Leading Employment and WHS Barristers – Queensland 2025).

Emma Treherne, Senior Legal & Compliance Manager, Isuzu UTE Australia Pty Ltd
Emma Treherne was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2011 but has been working in the field of employment law since 2007.  Emma has diverse experience across many areas of employment law both in Australia and a short stint in the Republic of Ireland and has worked in private practice, a community organisation, the government, employer associations, and in-house. For approximately 2.5 years, Emma has been working as an in-house counsel for Isuzu UTE Australia Pty Ltd, an Australian vehicle distributor.  In this position, Emma’s principal practice areas are employment law, data privacy law and commercial law and any other practice areas which aid improvements in corporate governance and compliance of the Company.  Working in the field of compliance has required Emma to not just advise on legal matters but also to educate the Company and build compliance systems and programs consider legal risk along with factoring in reputational and commercial risks.

Alanna Fitzpatrick, Partner, K&L Gates
Alanna is an experienced workplace health and safety lawyer. She is a responsive, pragmatic and empathetic lawyer who assists her clients to navigate the serious safety incidents and accidents. She assists clients respond to and engage with regulators undertaking investigations following safety incidents in a manner that is designed to ensure that the risk of reputational damage and personal/corporate prosecution is minimised. Alanna is also an experienced front end safety lawyer, providing compliance advice to a range of organisations to understand and discharge their obligations under safety legislation and for officers, developing a suite of material to enable those officers to discharge their duty to exercise due diligence. Alanna delivers engaging and informative presentations on safety related topics include crisis management, due diligence and managing the risk of psychosocial harm. She is experienced in dealing with a wide range of employment matters including executive employment issues, performance management, grievances, disciplinary matters, discrimination and termination of employment. Alanna has a particular focus on assisting employers to manage ill and injured employees and restraint of trade matters. Alanna is a commercially focussed and pragmatic litigator. She has assisted clients to litigate individual and collective disputes in the Fair Work Commission as well as disputes and regulatory prosecutions in the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Queensland. Alanna has advised her clients on all types of workplace investigations and undertakes workplace investigations, particularly those relating to bullying allegations and sexual harassment. Alanna has advised companies in various industries including agriculture, aviation, construction, energy and resources, medical and pharmaceutical, retail, higher education, government departments and government owned corporations.

Madeleine Stone, Barrister, George Street Chambers
Madeleine maintains a broad civil practice, focussing predominantly on commercial litigation and employment and industrial law. She is regularly briefed in contentious employment disputes in both state and federal courts and commissions. Madeleine’s focus is on providing strategic and practical advice to employers which reflects the complexities of human nature, and the rights afforded to employees. She has experience across the gamut of employment disputes, including unfair dismissals, general protections, bullying, sexual harassment and psychological injury claims. She has also been involved in a number of workplace investigations, including investigations commissioned under state-based legislation.

Danny Clifford, Director, Clifford Gouldson Lawyers
Danny Clifford is a Director of Clifford Gouldson Lawyers - one of Toowoomba's leading business focussed law firms. Clifford Gouldson advise businesses on workplace, litigation, property & commercial, construction, intellectual property and tax, structures and planning. In recent years Danny has worked closely with leading private schools in the Toowoomba region to manage individual staff issues, develop enterprise agreements and ensure risk minimisation strategies are in place to help schools deal with employee issues both at school and involving external use of social media. With his team, Danny helps clients manage the challenges of large workforces, deal with unfair dismissal issues and maintain compliance with the complex Fair Work requirements. Many large employers come to Danny for both advice on strategic direction and day to day workplace challenges. Working from CGLaw offices across Toowoomba, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, Danny and his team provide solutions across the full spectrum of workplace issues including employee management, discrimination, health & safety, agreements & awards, policy implementation and training.

Edward Shorten, Barrister, Inns of Court
Edward is a Barrister who specialises in industrial/employment law, discrimination/human rights law, administrative law and appeals. He was called to the bar in 2015 after seven years as a solicitor at a leading law firm. He has extensive experience in general protections, unfair dismissal, and discrimination litigation. He has appeared (led and unled) in applications, trials and appeals in the State and Federal courts and tribunals. He also acts as a mediator. Edward is recognised in Doyle's Guide as a leading Junior Counsel in Queensland (Pre-eminent, Leading Employment & WHS Barristers) and Australia (Recommended, Leading Employment Law Junior Counsel). He is a member of the Bar Association of Queensland Industrial Law Committee.

Mr Deacon Johnston, Barrister, George Street Chambers (Barrister)

 

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Workplace Law Bundle 2

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