Employment Law for In-House Counsel Conference 2023

We are delighted to announce the second ACC Australia and Thomson Reuters’ Employment Law for In-House Counsel Conference which will be held on the 31 August 2023 in the Marble Ballroom at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sydney and via Livestream.

Employment law continues to be one of the biggest issues. This year the conference brings to the table the latest contentious issues for In-house Council and will look at the following topics from multiple angles:

• Enterprise bargaining in 2023
• Proactive measures, respect in the workplace
• Understanding changes and implications in the Modern Award/Professional Award
• Exploring the impact of AI on employment
• Navigating HR Challenges: Handling Complex Issues 
• The business case for employee wellbeing: a fresh look at strategies to unlock high performance, reduce psychosocial risks and boost business results 
• Understanding Fair Work Act amendments - the employment aspects of the Secure Jobs Better Pay legislation
• Data privacy and employee monitoring – legal considerations and boundaries 

Who should attend?

GC/ Head of Legal Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, and Legal Counsel

AGENDA

9:20AM

Welcome

Association of Corporate Counsel Australia

9:25AM

Welcome from the Chair

Lori Middlehurst, APAC Employment Counsel, Salesforce

9:30AM

Enterprise bargaining in 2023

Brigid Maher, Partner, Baker McKenzie

10:20AM

Proactive measures, respect in the workplace

Alexandra Terrill, Managing Associate, Dentons

11:00AM

Networking and refreshment break

11:20AM

Understanding changes in the Modern Award/Professional
Award and their implications for your organisation

Bryony Binns, Partner, Gadens

12:00PM

Navigating HR challenges: handling complex issues

Erin Hawthorne, Partner, Seyfarth

12:40PM

Lunch and networking break

1:40PM

Recent Fair Work Act amendments - the employment aspects of the Secure Jobs Better Pay legislation

Sally Moten, Partner, Lander & Rogers

Sara Wescott, Senior Associate, Lander & Rogers

2:20PM

Exploring the impact of AI on future work.

Dr Jonathan Cohen, Principal, Taylor Fry
Carl Middlehurst, General Counsel, Appen Group

3:00PM

Panel discussion:
The business case for employee wellbeing: a fresh look at the strategies to unlock high performance, reduce Psychosocial risks and boost business r results.

Panelists: Lori Middlehurst - Salesforce
Tyrilly Csillag - Thomson Reuters
Matt Meffan - Unwind
Mel Upton - Postive Group

3:40PM

Data privacy and employee monitoring – are there legal considerations
and boundaries for monitoring employee communications?

Louise Sinclair, Senior Lawyer Writer, Practical Law Thomson Reuters
Rohan Burn, Senior Lawyer Writer, Practical Law Thomson Reuters

4:00PM

End of Conference

We look forward to seeing you there.

For any event enquiries, please email eventsanz@thomsonreuters.com