Webinar - The Upcoming 3rd Tranche of IR Reforms

Following a period of consultation with various industry sectors, employers and unions, the Federal Minister Hon. Tony Burke has proposed further changes to the Fair Work Act and flagged new jurisdictions for the Fair Work Commission.

Our speakers will provide their perspective on the proposed changes to the legislation and consider the impacts on the existing IR framework.

Speakers

Chris F Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney Business School, where he is Co-Director of the Sydney Employment Relations Research Group.

Chris’s research expertise relates to employment relations, bargaining, skills and labour immigration in Australia and internationally. Chris has written commissioned research reports for the UK, Dutch, Australian and NSW governments, the International Labour Organization, the Lowy Institute, and various trade union and business organisations. He has written over 90 journal articles and scholarly book chapters and edited 10 journal special issues and book volumes, including Protecting the Future of Work: New Institutional Arrangements for Safeguarding Labour Standards (Emerald, 2023) and International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses (SAGE, 2021)

Luis Izzo - Managing Director - Sydney Workplace Relations, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors

Luis oversees ABLA's Sydney Workplace Relations practice and has over 15 years’ experience practicing as a specialist employment and industrial relations lawyer. Luis’ recent personal advocacy success includes representation of ACCI and Business NSW in test case proceedings pertaining to overtime provisions for casuals and inserting new schedules into modern awards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Luis’ 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. Following heavily contested hearings in both proceedings, Luis ultimately succeeded in securing a raft of amendments to modern awards in respect of both annual leave and weekend penalty rates.

Luis is regularly recognised by peers and clients as an expert in this field and was named a leading practitioner in employment law for the 2022 Doyles' Guide.

Chairperson - Joe Murphy

Joe is an employment relations lawyer with over 20 years’ experience specialising in workplace relations at mid-tier and employer associations.

His experience extends to providing advice and representation in matters across Australian tribunals and courts, including the Fair Work Commission and the Federal Courts of Australia. Joe has also successfully represented clients in various inquests and commissions of inquiry, including in the Independent Commission Against Corruption and various State Coroner’s Inquests and Inquiries.

Joe is sought out by clients for his expertise in redundancies, unfair dismissals, general protections (adverse action) claims, executive and complex dismissals and separations, discrimination claims, industrial disputes, managing long and short term injured workers, troublesome workers compensation claims, employee fraud, employee privacy and surveillance, investigations (including in connection with whistleblower complaints), and the defence of underpayment claims brought by employees, unions and the Fair Work Ombudsman.

He has extensive experience assisting clients with disputation between employers and their employees (whether dealing with employees collectively or individually).

Participants will receive the link for the webinar 24hrs before the event.