Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Chair
Lucy Line, Barrister, Foley’s List; Member, Victorian Bar's Ethics Committee
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
This program is based on VIC legislation
Practice Management and Business Skills
Building a Workplace Culture that Prevents and Mitigates Organisational Risk
- Explore how workplace culture shapes compliance, safety, and organisational resilience
- Understand the legislative landscape: positive duty, psychosocial hazard obligations, and the Respect@Work reforms
- How do workplace culture issues play out in the case law?
- Learn practical strategies to build a healthy, inclusive culture
Presented by Jodie Fox, Director, Worklogic Consulting
Presenters
Lucy Line, Barrister, Foley’s ListLucy M.E. Line has practised as a barrister at the Victorian Bar and Tasmanian Bar for nine years. She specialises in regulatory and disciplinary matters, spanning the legal, education, medical and financial sectors. Lucy’s regulatory and disciplinary experience includes: acting for the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner, acting for legal practitioners the subject of disciplinary proceedings, and acting for individuals seeking admission to the profession; acting for the Victorian Inspectorate in respect of investigations into a Victorian integrity body, including as counsel assisting the Victorian Inspectorate in compulsory examinations; acting for the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of prosecuting breaches of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); acting for the Victorian WorkCover Authority with respect to occupational health and safety breaches; acting for Comcare with respect to defending occupational health and safety charges; acting for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency; acting for and against the Victorian Institute of Teaching; and appearing in commissions of inquiry. Lucy is a Senior Fellow at Monash University, where she teaches Juris Doctor students, and is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Tasmania. Lucy also sits as a member of the ethics committee of the Victorian Bar. Prior to coming to the Bar, Lucy was a Judge’s Associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria, a solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and worked as a legal officer at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.
Jodie Fox, Director, Worklogic Consulting
Jodie brings 20 years’ experience as an employment lawyer and consultant to her Worklogic directorship. Working previously at a top-tier law firm, in-house within the Federal Government and in ASX 200 firms, Jodie has a deep understanding of employment law across business sectors. Jodie is a Director at Worklogic - a boutique consultancy firm of investigators, mediators, and trainers that assists employers to mitigate the risk of poor Workplace Behaviour. Jodie appreciates the policy and regulatory aspects of workplace behaviour and thinks and writes on issues of workplace culture, workplace bullying, and sexual harassment. She is often called on to conduct particularly sensitive workplace investigations into allegations against senior employees. Jodie is an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School where she teaches Workplace Investigations as a master’s unit.