Have you secured your slot for the Employment Law Masterclass on 19 August?
Time is running out! If you haven't registered for the Employment Law Masterclass Australia 2026, the one-day virtual event is taking place this Wednesday, 19 August.
The event, chaired by Maddocks special counsel Katie Kossian, brings together some of Australia's leading workplace lawyers to address the most significant compliance shifts facing HR teams this year.
Among these shifts are wage theft, flexible work obligations, psychosocial safety enforcement, and the growing threat of AI-assisted litigation.
The masterclass has been designed to give HR professionals practical guidance across areas where the employment law landscape has undergone considerable change.
MinterEllison partner Kate Pennicott will open the substantive programme with a session on wage compliance and payroll auditing, covering where underpayments commonly arise and how to approach remediation before regulators intervene.
Dentons partners Helene Lee and Angela Cartwright will follow with an updated framework for managing flexible work requests under expanded legislative entitlements, addressing when refusals may now be unlawful.
McCabes principal Melini Pillay will cover Respect@Work positive duty obligations and the use of non-disclosure agreements, while Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors senior associate Alana Rafter will walk attendees through the current state of psychosocial safety enforcement.
Addisons partner Brigid Clark will present a roadmap for managing ill and injured workers, from first disclosure through to potential termination for incapacity, and Lander & Rogers partner Adam Battagello will address workplace investigation protocols and how to defend against the rise of AI-assisted self-represented litigants.
The afternoon programme includes a session on the 2026 industrial relations landscape with Ashurst partner Peter McNulty, covering how the Secure Jobs, Better Pay reforms are playing out at the Fair Work Commission, and an examination of redundancy and restructures with Rhian O'Sullivan of Energy Queensland.
Kingston Reid partner James Parkinson will also address why AI-fuelled self-represented claims are becoming more complex and costly for employers.
The day closes with an Ask the Experts Q&A panel featuring McNulty, Pillay, and Clayton Utz partner Cynthia Elachi.
Attendees can claim up to 5.25 CPD units and will receive a post-session resource pack. The event is entirely online, with individual and team passes available.
The Employment Law Masterclass Australia takes place on 19 August. Don't miss out and register here today.
