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 Keisha Currie, Special Counsel, Holding Redlich
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Mitchell Devine, Principal, Devine Legal
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.
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.
