Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Caroline Mense, Principal, Legal Enablers
Flexible Working Disputes
- Making a request for flexible working arrangements: practical issues for employees and employers
- How to commence / respond to applications for flexible working disputes
- How are applications dealt with in practice?
- Factors an Applicant has to prove
- Factors a Respondent has to prove
- Other options: rights to flexibility under anti-discrimination laws
Presented by Elizabeth Ticehurst, Principal, Activate Law; Accredited Specialist in Employment and Industrial Law
Presenters
Caroline Mense, Principal Lawyer, Legal EnablersCaroline Mense Principal Lawyer at Legal Enablers, advising corporates and executives on workplace and employment law. She is known for her strategic, people focused approach. She is Co-Chair of the Workplace Relations Committee at the Law Institute of Victoria and a regular Chair and Presenter at national legal conferences and publishes in the law journal on workplace law and technology. Caroline holds a Bachelor of Laws from Deakin University and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law. She is currently completing a Connected Leadership certificate at Yale University and has studied Pricing Strategy at Harvard Business School Online. She is active in mentoring, volunteering, and supporting wellbeing initiatives across the legal community.
Elizabeth Ticehurst, Principal, Activate Law
Elizabeth is an accredited specialist in Employment and Industrial Law and an expert in the emerging area of whistleblowing. After two decades working in private practice in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, Elizabeth opened her own firm, Activate Workplace Law, which specialises in employment and workplace matters. Elizabeth is a sought-after speaker and trainer and regularly presents at conferences and seminars. In 2020 Elizabeth published “The Whistleblowing Program Handbook” – a guide to Australian whistleblowing law and practice. She now focuses on helping clients to manage their workforce in an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.
