Chair
Danny Clifford, Director, Clifford Gouldson Lawyers
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
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
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.
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.