COURSE CATEGORY
Practice Management
Dismissal of ill and injured employees
Reviewed on 24 November 2023.
This presentation by Adrian Barwick, Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law covers the following:
- Work Health & Safety Act 2011 with reference to primary duty of care
- Statutory obligations to employers
- When and how to dismiss an injured employee, lawfully and fairly
- Know the legal risks and how to mitigate against them
- Additional challenges that COVID-19 raises at the present time
- Recent cases
Completion of this course will earn you 1 CPD unit.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Solicitors in general practice, employment law lawyers, accredited specialists in employment and industrial law, in-house legal advisors, HR professionals and employer and union groups.
CPD POINTS
1
TYPE
Video-based interactive module
Adrian Barwick
Solicitor Director, WilliamsonBarwick
Adrian commenced with Williamsonlegal (now known as WilliamsonBarwick) in the role of Special Counsel in July 2015.
In 1995, Adrian was admitted as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, having completed a Diploma of Law (SAB) in 1994. From 1995 to 2001, Adrian worked for a progressive Sydney plaintiff law firm, specialising in personal injury and insurance law. In 2001, he graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney with a Master of Laws, having majored in commercial law.
In 2005, Adrian qualified as a Law Society Accredited Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law. He has presented at state and national conferences on a range of topical issues falling within his field of expertise.
In the period 2001 to 2015, Adrian practised on his own account and then with a boutique commercial law firm, providing advice and representation in a wide range of Employment Law matters to employees and a select number of employer clients. Adrian developed a wealth of employment litigation experience in that time, frequently acting as advocate for his clients. He has advised clients engaged in a broad range of private sector industries from manufacturing and mining through to professional services, as well as clients employed in the public sector and not-for-profit organisations.
Adrian brings a strategic approach to Employment Law practice in his role as the firm’s leader and is committed to supporting the firm’s clients to sleep well at night.
