Ending Employment: Compliance and Best Practice (Online) November 2026

Ticket sales will close on Wednesday, 28 October 2026 to allow time for course materials to be mailed.

Time/Duration: TWO HALF DAYS: 9:30am - 1:30pm AEDT each day

Please note: This online training will NOT be recorded.

Walk away with the confidence, clarity and tools to manage employment terminations the right way. Terminating employment is one of the most high-risk, and sensitive processes your business will ever undertake. Done poorly, and you risk costly claims, damage to workplace culture and reputational damage. Get it right, and you protect your people, your organisation.

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Feel prepared and not paralysed

Whether it's a resignation that doesn't sit right, a redundancy that keeps you up at night, or a dismissal where the stakes couldn't be higher, you need the tools to manage the process clearly, lawfully and with confidence. ABLA has designed this course to take you from uncertainty to confidence, with a sound understanding of the risks and how to manage them.

Protect your business and do right by your people

Understand the real triggers behind unfair dismissal, general protections, breach of contract and discrimination claims – and how to reduce your risk of a claim before it starts.

How terminations and redundancies are handled shapes culture, trust and reputation – far beyond those directly involved. Learn how to navigate the hardest conversations with confidence and legal clarity.

This course gives you the tools to manage difficult situations confidently – and the knowledge to step into those moments to get it right.

Course Overview

This course is designed around five modules – from contracts and resignations to redundancy, dismissal and settlement.

Module 1 – The Contract of Employment

• Relevance to termination – why the contract is your starting point

• Key terms: notice, payment in lieu, serious misconduct

• Terms implied into contracts that interact with termination and resignation

• Interaction with workplace policies

Module 2 – Resignation

• Non-compliant resignations

• When a resignation is not a resignation: heat of the moment and coercion

• Acceptance of resignation – why it's necessary

• Issues during a notice period

Module 3 – Redundancy

• Genuine redundancy vs unfair dismissal – the critical distinction

• Award-covered vs non-award-covered processes

• Redundancy payments and the small business exemption

• Ordinary and customary turnover of labour exception

Module 4 – Dismissal

• Reason – misconduct vs serious misconduct and why the distinction matters

• Procedural fairness

• The show cause process

• Termination involving prolonged absences

• Avoiding successful post-dismissal claims

Module 5 – Alternative Pathways

• Without prejudice discussions – what they are, and how and when you can have them

• Rejected offers – what happens next and how to protect your position

• Deeds of release – key terms and protections

Invest in Confidence. Protect Your People. Safeguard Your Business.

Don't wait until a claim lands on your desk. Equip yourself with the knowledge to manage each state of the process in a clear, lawful and considered way. With claims on the rise, there has never been a more important time to get this right.

Who should attend

• HR Managers and Advisors – Strengthen your expertise and become the trusted voice of guidance your business relies on in critical moments.

• People and Culture Leaders – Navigate the tension between caring for your people and protecting your organisation.

• Business Owners and Line Managers – If you manage people, you need to understand these rules. One misstep can cost tens of thousands.

Register now and gain the skills required to minimise your liability when it comes to psychosocial hazards in the workplace.

Enrolling three or more people? Invest in your team’s confidence and skills and enjoy a 10% group discount automatically applied at checkout.

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Schedule each day

9.15am - Virtual waiting room opens
9:30 am - Training commences
12:30 pm - Training concludes

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Please note this course is not available to law firm employees, IR consultants or consultants deemed competitors. ABLA has the right to cancel any ticket purchased.

About the trainer

Tamsin Lawrence

Associate Director

Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors (ABLA)

Tamsin is a highly credentialed employment lawyer with Australian Business Lawyers and Advisors (ABLA) and leads the firm's Melbourne office. 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.

She applies her subject matter expertise to support clients across all aspects of the employment relationship, including employment litigation, equal opportunity and discrimination, termination of employment, enterprise bargaining strategies, industrial disputes, workplace relations policy, investigations and regulatory support.

Tamsin was highly involved in the consultations around Respect@Work legislation changes, representing employer voices and helping to shape the legislation. Her ingenuity and commitment to helping businesses saw her write ABLA's DIY Toolkit on Positive Duty obligations for businesses which was launched in 2023. 

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FAQs

What is included in the price?

Course training booklet will be sent 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 deemed competitors.

Suited for: HR Managers and Advisors, People and Culture Leaders, Business Owners and Line Managers.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Contact Dominique Cho on 0482 162 218 or dominique.cho@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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