Upcoming webinars

HR has never been so challenged, important and busy, with no signs of slowing down as we head into 2021. Will you be ready?

Arm yourself with critical knowledge and practical strategies to navigate the evolving employment landscape by attending this HR Daily webinar.

Gadens partner Brett Feltham will brief you on crucial developments and emerging issues, such as:

• What more needs to be done in light of the COVID-19 pandemic;
• JobKeeper 2.0, JobMaker and right-sizing the workforce for the year ahead;
• Flexibility and remote working;
• Employee wellbeing and mental health issues; and
• Legislative proposals arising from working group IR roundtables.

About the presenter:

Brett Feltham is a Law Society of New South Wales accredited specialist with more than 20 years' experience in employment, workplace relations, discrimination and workplace health and safety issues.

He regularly advises clients on complex and strategic employment matters, including C-suite level terminations. He also has particular expertise in relation to cross-border employment arrangements, and all aspects of executive remuneration and employee equity and cash incentive arrangements.

Brett has delivered previous webinars for HR Daily on topics including psychological injury risks, employee share schemes, adverse action claims, redundancies and redeployment, and the HR 'hot spots' of 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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General protections claims are on the rise, with employees feeling they have little to lose by launching an action.

Ensure your understanding of this key risk area is up to date by watching this webcast, which will discuss:

• How the Fair Work Act's general protections provisions apply in practice;
• Various ways in which employers face exposure to claims;
• Key lessons from recent rulings; and
• Practical strategies to mitigate risks.

Engaging casuals and contractors continues to be something of a legal minefield, with conflicting court rulings and regulatory changes compounding employers' confusion.

In this HR Daily Premium webcast, Kingston Reid partner Christa Lenard will discuss:

• recent court and tribunal decisions including Workpac v Rossato, 'gig' workers and more;
• legislative and other developments in casual and contracting compliance;
• potential ramifications of misclassifying workers; and
• proposals for regulatory reform arising from IR working groups.

About the presenter:

Christa is regarded as a dynamic, insightful and approachable lawyer who is focused on finding the very best solutions for her clients. Clients value Christa's pragmatism and commitment to really understanding them, their business' key stakeholders, and their strategic and operating environments.

Whether it be providing practical advice on day-to-day employment and discrimination matters, or formulating complex, high-stakes industrial strategy, Christa analyses clients' key business drivers when assessing legal risk, to deliver straightforward, pragmatic insights and advice.

Christa has a strong State and Federal Government practice, acting as a trusted advisor on many complex employment matters. Her 15+ years' experience working with clients across a broad range of industries, including maritime and ports, logistics, construction, aged care, theme parks and technology makes her a highly competent and sought-after advisor, litigator and workplace investigator.

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