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September 3, 2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM AEST

Baker McKenzie
Virtual Office 
Webinar

Category
Substantive Law

Overview (Program Summary)

A program hosted by:

ACC Australia

Companies often seek discretion to determine requirements to be met by individuals involved in the company's business. However, the scope and exercise of that discretion can become more challenging when the individuals concerned are not intended to be employees of the company. Creation of unintended employer liability is perhaps a greater risk at the moment, given that uncertain economic conditions have meant more businesses are looking to engage individuals under different, often short-term, arrangements.

Partners Kellie-Ann McDade and Anne Petterd take a look at scenarios for independent contractor and services contracts where the companies seeking these services may need to rethink the discretions they seek. This session will examine:

  • terms customers seek to include in independent contractor and services contracts raising an employer liability risk;
  • contract drafting tips drawing on recent cases on independent contractors;
  • allocation of work health and safety responsibility in contracts in light of joint legislative responsibility, particularly given COVID-19 new workplace practices for health screening and collection of health data from individuals; and
  • employer liability considerations for a business under outsourced off-shore arrangements.

Please note: If your company/organisation is deemed to be a competitor of the host organisation for this event, you may be excluded from attending this event. If you believe there may be a conflict or are uncertain, please enquire with ACC Australia.

Registrations for this event are being managed by Baker McKenzie directly.


Speakers

Kellie-Ann McDade, Partner - Baker McKenzie

Kellie-Ann McDade is a partner in the Employment and Industrial Relations team at Baker McKenzie, Melbourne. Kellie-Ann joined the Firm in 2008 from the employment and industrial relations practice of another city law firm. She helps clients with a wide range of employment and industrial relations issues including advising on terminations, occupational health and safety and risk management, employee benefits and entitlements, anti-discrimination law, and changes to workplace legislation matters.

Kellie-Ann has advised a variety of clients, including those in the construction, mining and manufacturing industries, as well as the public sector. She also regularly provides in-house training to clients in relation to a number of workplace-related areas, and has conducted seminars on various topics including legislative amendments and restraint of trade issues.

Anne Petterd, Partner - Baker McKenzie

Anne has been with Baker McKenzie since 2001. Prior to that, she spent four years with the Australian Attorney-General's Department/Australian Government Solicitor mostly working on large IT projects.

In her time at Baker McKenzie, Anne has spent 18 months working in London (2007-2008) and more recently three years working in Singapore (2017-2020).

Anne's practice focuses on IT and telecommunications supply arrangements; understanding regulatory issues for online, telecommunications and IT businesses (in particular for data management); and trade regulatory and commercial contracting advice.

Anne regularly leads projects for drafting, localising or rolling out commercial agreements of data protection policies for multiple jurisdictions in Asia Pacific and conducting due diligence for undertaking new activities in Asia Pacific markets.

While in Singapore, Anne worked with many businesses seeking to navigate data, tech regulatory and business establishment issues across Asia.

Key industry sectors in which Anne works are TMT, defence and public sector, consumer goods and retail, financial services, healthcare and automotive.

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Credits: 1.25pts
Category: Substantive Law/Legal Knowledge

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