Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Kate Boomer, Barrister, George Street Chambers
Bullying Allegations & How to Avoid Them
- Procedures at the Fair Work Commission and how to use them to solve problems
- Assessment of claims to determine what is in fact bullying, and what is in fact discontent unjustly described as such
- Handling supervision so that it complies with the definition of “reasonable management action”
- Assessing risk of complaint or dispute from employees who object to being named in bullying complaints: avoiding “the reaction of the target eclipsing the complaint of the complainant”
- Structures in an organisation to make bullying complaints the last, not the first step for employees speaking up
Presented by Chris McArdle, Principal, McArdle Legal
Presenters
Kate Boomer, Barrister, George Street ChambersKate practices in the areas of commercial disputes and public law. She regularly appears led and unled in State and Federal Courts. Kate was called to the bar in 2022 after working as a commercial litigator for 13 years at top tier and international firms. Kate has particular expertise in the law of insurance contracts, directors’ and officers’ liability and professional negligence claims in the financial services, legal and construction industries. She also has experience in liability and regulatory issues associated with cyber incidents and data security breaches. Kate has appeared on behalf of State and Federal Governments in public law matters. She has acted in, or provided advice in respect of, civil claims against government agencies. Kate’s experience also includes industrial law, discrimination claims and debt recovery. Kate is a proud LawRight member. She sits on the Queensland Bar Association’s Indigenous Affairs Committee, General Litigation Committee and New Bar Committee. In 2008, Kate was associate to Justice Martin AM in the Supreme Court of Queensland.
Chris McArdle, Principal, McArdle Legal
Chris McArdle is one of approximately forty lawyers in New South Wales accredited by the Law Society of New South Wales as a specialist in Employment and Industrial Law. Chris has been in legal practice since 1988 and prior to that, served as a Commissioner of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales. Chris acts for corporate and individual clients with a philosophy of preventing problems and increasing corporate efficiency. Chris has achieved a number of breakthroughs in the anti-discrimination, employment contracts and Registration of Agreements Jurisdictions. Chris is a regular presenter of seminar papers and has published several articles in both mainstream press and specialist journals.
