Industrial & Workplace Relations Conference (EBIRD)

This is a must-attend event for anyone dealing with the grey areas and challenges in employment legislation and regulation.

Description

We are delighted to announce that the Thomson Reuters’ Industrial & Workplace Relations Conference taking place on 13 May 2025 in Melbourne and Online.

Employers face a multitude of legal challenges as employment laws and policies rapidly evolve, HR professionals need to stay abreast of the latest legal developments and navigate these challenges. A raft of measures is affecting casuals, contractors, gig workers, labour hire, right to flexible work, conducting effective employee investigations, as well as the implications of industrial relations reforms, and the introduction of criminal penalties for ‘wage theft’.

 

Event highlights

  • Conference Chair Alexandra Terrill, Managing Associate, Dentons
  • Practical Guidance on the Redefined 'Casual' Employees Nick Ruskin, Partner, K&L Gates
  • Flexible Working Arrangements: What to do when there is a dispute Adam Foster, Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers
  • The Right to Disconnect: What is reasonable and what to do when there is a dispute Matt Kelleher, Partner, Clayton Utz
  • Preventing employee underpayments and remuneration compliance: Wage theft, gender pay, new penalties under Secure Jobs Better Pay Act, and changes to super Melinda Bell, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Managing Psychosocial Safety in the Workplace - mitigating risks to prevent non-compliance Chris Molnar, Partner, Kennedys
  • Positive Duty and sexual harassment Dale McQualter, Partner, Maddocks
  • How to conduct an effective workplace investigation Dominic Fleeton, Partner, K&L Gates
  • Terminations and performance management – preventing unfair dismissal and general protections claims Richard Scougall, Special Counsel, Gilchrist Connell
  • Recruitment: Diversity, Disability and Discrimination - avoiding complaints of discrimination Madelaine August, Moray Agnew Lawyers

Who should attend?

  • Human Resources Directors, Human Resource Manager and Advisors
  • Employee Relations Managers, People & Culture Managers, HR Business Partners
  • Employment Lawyers
  • In-house Counsel
  • Wellbeing Managers
  • Employer Associations & Unions

For event enquiries, please email eventsanz@thomsonreuters.com