Monday, 9 March 2026
Employment Law Legislative Reforms and Updates
Gain guidance on the employment law timebombs awaiting in-house counsel
- Workplace law in an AI world
- Workplace surveillance
- Psychosocial safety
- General protections updates
- Working from home
- Redundancies and redeployment
Presented by Caroline Mense, Principal Lawyer, Legal Enabler
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Jacqueline Downes, Partner, Allens
Presenters
Jacqueline Downes, Partner, AllensJacqueline Downes heads the national Competition and Consumer Law Group at Allens. Clients rely on her advice and extensive experience in dealing with the ACCC and other regulators to resolve significant issues for their businesses. Jacqueline is ranked as a leading competition and antitrust expert in Chambers, Best Lawyers, The Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and Global Competition Review. Recent commentary in Chambers Asia-, Pacific singles Jacqueline out for her 'knowledge of how the authorities work especially in the merger control space' and describes her as an 'exceptional practitioner' whose 'responsiveness, sharp intelligence and ability to deliver set her apart'.
Caroline Mense, Principal Lawyer, Legal Enablers
Caroline 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.
