Here's why HR leaders can't afford to miss this event
HRD's Employment Law Masterclass Australia is returning this 19 August as a one-day online event bringing together some of the country's leading workplace lawyers.
It comes at a critical time for HR leaders, with Australia's employment law landscape undergoing significant change across wages, flexible work, and workplace safety.
Still on the fence about attending? Here are 10 reasons why you should.
- Get across wage compliance before it becomes a crisis: MinterEllison partner Kate Pennicott will unpack where underpayments most commonly occur, across awards, classifications, loadings, and rostering, and how to approach remediation before regulators come knocking.
- Understand your obligations on flexible work: With expanded employee rights now embedded in law, what counted as a reasonable refusal may no longer hold up. Dentons partners Helene Lee and Angela Cartwright will give HR teams practical frameworks for handling flexible work requests without legal exposure.
- Move Respect@Work from policy to practice: McCabes principal Melini Pillay will cover the positive duty on sexual harassment, the shift from complaints-based to prevention-focused systems, and how to approach NDAs in a way that supports safety and compliance.
- Prepare for psychosocial safety enforcement: Regulators have shifted from education to enforcement. ABLA senior associate Alana Rafter will walk through the new regulatory landscape, where safety...
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