Respect @ Work: A Positive Duty for Employers

Kirsty is a seasoned commercial lawyer and governance professional who has held senior management roles as part of executive teams and led the legal function for businesses across a wide range of industry sectors. Kirsty’s breadth of corporate experience, combined with her post graduate studies in corporate governance and psychology, give her a unique insight into risk management and how to motivate Boards, Executive Teams and staff to cultivate ‘Listen Up, Speak Up’ cultures in the workplace.

Derek practises in all areas of workplace relations and safety law. He operates extensively across both the public and private sectors with experience in all Australian jurisdictions. Derek has been recognised in every edition of Best Lawyers in Australia since 2008 for his expertise in Labour & Employment Law and Occupational Health & Safety. In 2016, Derek was nominated as one of only four (4) lawyers in Australia to be the Most Client Focused Lawyer in the Financial Review Client Choice Awards.

Christine is the founder of People Focused. A performance development specialist and accredited coach with more than 15 years industry experience, Christine is recognised as a highly capable human capital practitioner. Christine’s experience includes working directly with Partners and Principals at a number of mid-tier accounting firms, including RSM and Crowe Horwarth. More recently, she has worked extensively with First Financial, one of Melbourne’s largest boutique financial service firms.

Nathan Luker is CEO of Your Call, Australia’s largest independent whistleblowing provider and Rely, a secure, collaborative and intuitive platform that helps you prevent, detect and respond to issues, incidents and complaints. Nathan is passionate about reducing wrongdoing at work and has advised some of Australia’s largest companies, and hundreds of other leading organisations, on how to establish best-practice whistleblowing programs.