About the Webinar

Work celebrations and events should strengthen relationships and culture, not create conflict, distress and organisational risk.

From workplace behaviour and alcohol-related risks to psychosocial safety and positive duty obligations, employers have a range of considerations when planning workplace celebrations.

Join Luis Izzo and Kate Thomson as they unpack the key workplace risks associated with work events and share practical strategies to help create a safe, inclusive and enjoyable experience for everyone.

With a focus on preventing sexual harassment, sex-based harassment, discrimination and other unlawful workplace behaviours before they occur, this session will provide employers with practical guidance for navigating work events with confidence.

This webinar will also look at how employer obligations for social events have changed since the introduction of new ‘positive duty’ legislation regarding eliminating discrimination and harassment in the workplace.

Gain insights into:

Planning workplace events with compliance and risk management in mind
Practical strategies for managing workplace functions and social events
Navigating workplace relationships and professional boundaries
Responding appropriately to reports and disclosures of misconduct

Taking the time now to understand your obligations as an employer before you send invitations will help mitigate the risk to your business.

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Presenters

Luis Izzo

Director

Luis oversees ABLA's Sydney Workplace Relations practice and has over a decade’s experience practicing as a specialist employment and industrial relations lawyer acting for a broad range of employers across both the private and public sector.

His advocacy experience in State and Federal Courts and Tribunals is extensive. In addition to achieving successful outcomes for clients as an advocate in numerous unfair dismissal and industrial dispute arbitrations, Luis acted as one of the lead employer advocates in the 2014/2015 Fair Work Commission Annual Leave Test Case as well as the highly publicised 2016/2017 Penalty Rates Test Case. More recent success includes representation of the Australian Chamber and Business NSW respectively in the first proceedings involving multi-bargaining authorisations under the new Federal IR Reforms, industry wide proceedings pertaining to overtime award provisions for casuals and inserting new schedules into modern awards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He has conducted numerous investigations for clients in relation to internal employment disputes and bullying and harassment matters and continues to be a lead litigator in the developing General Protections and bullying jurisdictions.

Kate Thomson

Associate Director

Kate is a specialist employment and industrial relations lawyer and a Nationally Accredited Mediator. Skilled in providing targeted, timely and relevant advice to clients managing workforces from small to large.

Where conflict cannot be resolved at the workplace level, Kate is experienced in representing employers in relation to unfair dismissal claims, general protections claims and notifications of dispute in the relevant tribunal.

As a Nationally Accredited Mediator, Kate can help your business de-escalate workplace disputes by facilitating a process of recognised standards in mediation, avoiding costly litigation and courts.

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