By: Anthony Drake and Rosie Judd, Wynn Williams

Duration: 59:48

This webinar also offers an optional quiz that will award an additional 0.5 of CPD.

Many employers consider restructuring their businesses to adapt to changing economic conditions. This session will address what employers can do to minimise the risk of personal grievance claims arising from restructuring. Also, we will address how businesses can best avoid and defend claims from contractors that they are actually employees (an increasingly common situation). 

Restructuring:

• When is a restructure lawful or unlawful? The question of substantive justification
• Process requirements 
• Common issues in restructuring
• Defending personal grievances arising from restructuring
  

Employment status:

• Review of recent cases and potential law reform
• How to ensure your employee or contractor is correctly categorised
• Defending employment status claims