Employment Law for Managers/Team Leaders (Online)

Ticket sales for this course end on Wednesday 2 October to allow time for training booklets to be delivered.

Time/Duration: Two half-days - 9.00am – 12:30pm each day

Key learning outcomes

• Learn the tools and tips you need to ensure the effective on-boarding and management of staff
• Gain practical tips in relation to policies and procedures
• Learn how to successfully manage performance issues, ill and injured workers, changes to employment and requests by employees
• Learn how to deal with underlying awards and the minimum employment standards
• Learn how to effectively manage the end of the employment relationship

Course Overview

Are you responsible for executing employment contracts, remuneration and inductions?

Does your job involve any aspect of employment terms and conditions, flexible working arrangements or ongoing performance management?

If you answered 'yes', when did you last review how you do it as an organisation? Or perhaps you are looking for clarification on the changes to casual employment and the right to disconnect?

With the rise of litigation for individuals and employers, you need to stay up-to-date on the legal implications and risks around employment law.

Join us over two half-days for this comprehensive training course that will provide you with practical tips and guidance for each stage the employment journey, including:

1. Recruitment
2. Offer and Acceptance (and onboarding)
3. Employment
4. End of Employment
5. Post-Employment

Using case studies and theory, this training course will cover:

• Recruitment
• Types of employment (e.g. full time, part time, fixed term)
• Probationary employment
• Location of work and travel
• Dealing with underlying awards and the minimum employment standards
• Policies and procedures and practical tips
• Managing performance
• Managing ill and injured workers
• Making changes to employment
• Responding to requests by the employee
• Termination
• Post-employment considerations

Places are limited to allow the group time to discuss case studies and scenarios. Don't miss you place - book your seat today. 

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Schedule each day

8:45 am - Virtual meeting room opens 
9:00 am - Training commences
12:30 pm - Training concludes
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About the trainer

Tamsin Lawrence
Associate Director
Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA)

Tamsin is a highly credentialed employment lawyer acting for a broad range of employers across both the public and private sector. She performs a mix of litigious and advisory work in workplace relations and is a regular author and presenter on a range of bargaining, employment, discrimination and work health and safety related topics.

Prior to joining ABLA, Tamsin was Deputy Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Workplace Relations team where she represented the business community on matters of workplace relations law and policy before the Senate Education and Employment Committee, on the Council of Industrial Legislation, on the Attorney General’s Workplace Relations Working Groups, before the Fair Work Commission in relation to matters of industry importance and in her role as employer advocate during the Annual Minimum Wage Review. She was also intimately involved in responding on behalf of employers to the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australia Workplaces, and lead the Chambers response to the introduction of the Respect at Work Act including the new prohibition on sex-based harassment in the workplace and role as an associate employer representative member on the newly formed Federal Government Respect@Work Council. Tamsin also previously served as an advisor to the Federal Minister for Small and Family Business, Deregulation and the Workplace on workplace policy and legislation.

Given her previous experience, Tamsin takes a keen interest in and is often at the forefront of IR Changes, including often proving feedback and advice to Government and employer groups on the implications of reforms.

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FAQs

What's included in the price?

Course training booklet will be delivered via post.  Please provide the address when booking, and please provide your home address if working from home and would like it sent there. No soft copies of the materials will be provided.

Who can attend?

This course is open to all organisations excluding other legal service providers and consultants.

Suited for: Senior HR executives, HR Managers, Business Owners, People and Culture Managers, Directors, HR Business partners and anyone responsible for managing employees.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Contact Catriona Johnston on 0482 162 218 or catriona.johnston@ablawyers.com.au

What's the refund policy?

Participants will receive a full refund if they cancel at least seven (7) business days prior to the scheduled event. However, if participants cancel less than seven (7) business days before the event, no refund will be made. The place can be transferred to another member of the paid organisation. No-shows or cancellations after 7 days will receive the course training material and supporting documents. If there are insufficient participants, we reserve the right to cancel the event and participants will be transferred to another module of equal value or receive a full refund at their election. We will give three business days’ notice of any such cancellation.

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This session is conducted subject to everyone agreeing to the Chatham House Rules which means that participants can use the information in practice in their business but should not identify any organisation, individual or information that can be used to identify them.