10th Annual Melbourne Employment Law Conference
- About the Conference
- The Faculty
- Feedback
- CPD Certificate
- Registration Special Offer
- Enquiries/Assistance
Date/Time
Thursday 20 & Friday 21 February 2025
Crown Melbourne or Online
About the Conference
Today's HR professionals have to navigate a labyrinth of legislative reforms, and the changes keep on coming. TEN The Education Network’s 10th Annual Melbourne Employment Law Conference will help you stay ahead of the curve and covers all of the key aspects of the reforms that HR professionals need to know about. Explore key topics like redefining casual employees, flexible work and the right to disconnect, as well as underpayments and wage theft. Plus, gain insights into preventing sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as addressing mental health and injuries.
Day 1 - Thursday 20 February 2025
Recent Workplace Reforms
- Return To Form? How the Closing Loophole Reforms have Redefined 'Casual' Employees
- Underpayments and Wage Theft: Criminal Minds or Innocent Criminals?
- What's in a Name? What it Now Means to be an 'Employee' or 'Employer'
- Flexible Work and the Right to Disconnect: What is Reasonable in 2025 (and What Does the FWC Say?)
Hiring and Managing Employees
- Navigating the Three Ds in Recruitment: Diversity, Disability and Discrimination
- Employment Contracts: Navigating End-of-Term Challenges from Day One
- Navigating Boundaries: Defining Acceptable Employee Behaviour in the Digital Age
Day 2 - Friday 21 February 2025
Contemporary Challenges in the Workplace
- Preventing Sexual Harassment in The Workplace: The Practicalities of Compliance
- Strategic Adjustments: Addressing Mental Health and Injuries in the Modern Workplace
- Back With Force: Preparing for the Increased Presence of Unions in the Workplace
Misconduct and Underperformance
- Going… Going… Gone… A Practical Guide to Managing Underperformance, Warnings and Dismissal
- The When, How (and By Whom) of Conducting HR Investigations into Workplace Behaviour
The Faculty
Elizabeth Devine, Principal, Devine Law at Work, Sydney, NSW
Nick Ruskin, Partner, K&L Gates, Melbourne, Vic.
Wendy Fauvel, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Brisbane, Qld
Stephen Marriott, Special Counsel, Ai Group Workplace Lawyers, North Sydney, NSW
Stephen Woodbury, Partner, Ashurst, Sydney, NSW
Tom Brett, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney, NSW
Claire Brattey, Special Counsel, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Brisbane, Qld
Rohan Doyle, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Melbourne, Vic.
Jennifer Wyborn, Partner, Clayton Utz, Canberra, ACT
Melissa Scadden, Managing Partner, Justitia, Melbourne, Vic.
Mark Branagan, Partner, Thomson Geer, Melbourne, Vic
Cathy Lyndon, Special Counsel, MinterEllison, Brisbane, Qld
Martin Alden, Partner, Cornwalls, Melbourne, Vic
Feedback
Feedback from last year’s conference
- This is an excellent conference - the topics are relevant and the presenters are excellent. Lunch is amazing!
- Amazing speakers, great content, quality papers, pragmatic application of legislation in practice.
- The content is very relevant, and at the right level - covers wide range of very relevant and very current topics.
- Great content and presenters the information provided was very valuable to me in my HR role, question time was a great feature too. Great venue and food were a bonus.
- It was useful, practical information and was presented in an easy-to-understand manner. it was great to have cases to compare their insights to through the presentations.
CPD Certificate
Lawyers: 11 CPD units/points (substantive law).
All delegates attending the conference will receive a CPD Certificate confirming attendance.
10 CPD UNITS OFFER FOR EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS - EXTRA EARLY BIRD OFFER
If you register and pay for the 2-day conference by 13/12/24 you'll receive 3 on-demand webinars covering each of the CPD compulsory subjects enabling you to earn your 10 CPD units for this CPD year:
- Practice Management & Business Skills: You are the weakest link … Goodbye: A Practice Risk Guide to Cyber Security
- Ethics: Learning from the Mistakes of Others: A Lesson in Ethics for Busy Practitioners
- Professional Skills: For Better or for Worse: Harnessing AI in your Skillset
WA lawyers – Please note that TEN is unable to verify your completion of recorded webinars to the Legal Practice Board of WA. TEN is an accredited provider.
Registration Special Offer
If you register and pay by 13 December 2024 you will pay only $1980 – a saving of $308 off the full price conference registration fee of $2288.
Multiple registration discount?
If you would like to send 3 or more people from your company to this conference the following discounts apply:
- 3 registrations – 5% discount off each registration
- 4 registrations – 10% discount off each registration
- 5 or more registrations – 15% discount off each registration
To access this discount simply contact Jenna (details below) to organise the registrations for you.
One-day only? We do accept bookings for attending one day only. To organise a one-day booking, please contact Jenna.
Enquiries/Assistance
If you need assistance or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact our Event Manager, Jenna Pickrell, on (03) 8601 7729 or email: [email protected]