Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Sue Barker, Director, Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Managing Employment Law Challenges in Charities and Not for Profit Organisations
- Updates and new legislation in employment law you need to know about
- Managing questionable behaviour inside and outside of work
- Dealing with misconduct vs performance
- Navigating workplace investigations: best practice processes and pitfalls
Presented by Luke Borgert, Senior Associate, Vocare Law (formerly Corney & Lind Lawyers)
Presenters
Sue Barker, Director, Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Sue Barker is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, specialising in charities law and public tax law. Since its founding in 2012, the firm has won several awards, including Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. Sue is recognised by the International Charity Law Network as a Charity Law Scholar. Sue is also a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, and a co-author of the text The Law and Practice of Charities in New Zealand (LexisNexis, 2013). In 2019, Sue was awarded the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, to undertake research into the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?”. The final report from the Fellowship, entitled Focus on purpose, was released in April 2022 making 70 recommendations for charities law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. More information about Sue and the research can be found at www.charitieslaw.co and www.charitieslawreform.nz.
Luke Borgert, Senior Associate, Vocare Law (formerly Corney & Lind Lawyers)
Luke is our Practice Leader – Compensation and Senior Associate at Vocare Law. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2019 after graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) at the University of Queensland and obtaining a Graduate Diploma from the College of Law. Luke has always had a genuine passion for people and community. He understands that the legal system can be a precarious and difficult arena for those outside law and so he is passionate about guiding clients through the legal process to a ‘fresh start’ on the other side.
