Chair
John Fernon SC, PG Hely Chambers; Recommended Employment Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2024
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Recent Changes to Modern Awards Including the Right to Disconnect: Key Takeaways
- Right to Disconnect
- What has changed and what may change: update on the political landscape and interpreting content of the Fair Work Act clause and award provisions
- Best practice and suggested approaches to managing compliance
- Interaction with other positive duties at law and managing disputes
- Modern Awards: what’s changed and what’s on the horizon
- Cutting through the complexity of award pay: juniors, salaries and “where to from here”
- Work from home and working hours: the potential for a new approach?
- New and emerging industries: applications for making new awards and potential impact on existing industry regulation
Presented by Alina Kaye, Partner, The Workplace Employment Lawyers
Presenters
John Fernon SC, PG Hely Chambers
John is an experienced counsel who has advised and appeared across many areas of the law and is a leading expert in Employment and Industrial law. Since 2012, he has been recognised each year in the annual Doyles Guide as "Pre-eminent", "Leading" or "Recommended" Senior Counsel in both Employment Law and Work, Health & Safety in NSW and/or Australia along with ongoing recognition by his peers in the AFR Best Lawyers guide. With more than 30 years’ experience at the Bar and 17 years as Senior Counsel, John maintains a solid practice and regularly appears for a broad spectrum of clients across a range of Federal and State jurisdictions, including industrial tribunals. He has represented clients involving commercial, equity and administrative law disputes, as well as claims made under contracts of employment and the the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), workplace safety and common law claims for both plaintiffs and defendants in the Dust Diseases Tribunal.
Alina Kaye, Partner, The Workplace
Alina is an experienced employment and industrial law specialist, who has worked with clients across a range of industries including media, finance, education, telecommunications, retail and hospitality. Alina has previously worked in a boutique employment law practice and in the employment teams of large, national and international firms. Her clients praise her calm, considered and highly strategic approach to workplace issues. Alina is passionate about employment law and keeping on top of the constantly evolving legal and political space. She has also spent part of her career working as a Senior Writer for one of the world’s leading legal publishers Thomson Reuters. She prides herself on keeping up-to-date with the latest developments and assisting clients to proactively navigate these changes.
