ALERA ACT 2018 Conference Program Final .pdf

ALERA ACT 2018 Conference

Fair Work – Past, Present, Future
Hotel Realm, National Ballroom 3, 18 National Circuit, Barton
Friday 2 March 2018

Program
8:30 am

Delegate Registration

9:00 am

Ms Sarah Meier, President ALERA ACT – Opening Remarks

9:10 am

Professor Andrew Stewart: Regulating Work and Labour Hire in the Gig Economy
Andrew will look at what previous case law both in Australia and overseas can tell us about the legal status
of workers in the burgeoning “gig economy” – and in particular what entitlements or protections they might
be able to claim. He will also examine the potential for the new labour hire licensing regimes about to
commence in Queensland and South Australia, and proposed in Victoria, to apply to work arranged through
digital platforms.

10:00 am

Professor Marian Baird: Fair Work Futures for Women – Time to Act

10:45 am

Morning Tea

11:15 am

Ms Elizabeth Raper: Be an Adult in the Sandpit – Ethics in the Commission – Balancing

Obligations and Interests
12:00 pm

Ms Barbara Deegan: FWC Past and Present. Is there a Future?

12:30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm

Mr Bede Gahan: Essential Communication Skills for Managing Ill and Injured Employees

2.00 pm

Panel #1 - A Fair Public Sector?
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Ms Cheryl Condon: ACT Government
Mr Cameron Roles: ANU

Mr Bede Gahan: Minter Ellison Lawyers

3.15 pm

Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm

Ms Jennifer Wyborn: Enterprise Bargaining is on life support': True or False?

4.00 pm

Panel #2 – The Future of (Fair) Work – Challenges and Opportunities
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Mr Alex White: UnionsACT
Ms Meredith Whitten: ACT Government

Ms Robyn Hendry: Canberra Business
Chamber

5.30 pm

Ms Sarah Meier, President ALERA ACT - Closing Remarks

6.30 pm

Dinner – MC, Ms Kirsty Easdale

7:00 pm

The Great Dinner Debate: Gender Diversity Quotas on Boards – Is it Fair?
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Until
11.00pm

Ms Sarah Meier
Ms Sharlene Wellard
Mr Bede Gahan

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Ms Gabrielle Sullivan
Ms Allison Ballard
Mr Justin Karcher

Live Music by Orange Whip (featuring lead singer Professor Andrew Stewart)