ACS Legal & Insurance Forum
 

Forum Program

Thursday February 26
8:00 am - 8:30 amForum Registration
8:30 am - 8:40 amWelcome to Country
8:40 am - 8:45 amWelcome Address
Illana Halliday, CEO, ACS NSW & ACT
8:45 am - 9:15 amDiscrimination laws, including managing non work related injuries
Rachael Sutton, Partner, Holman Webb Lawyers


9:15 am - 9:45 amRisks of the Digital Age
Andrew Taylor, Chubb Insurance

The changes between the industrial age exposures and information age exposures, the costs to businesses, and how to mitigate potentially catastrophic financial and reputational risks

9:45 am - 10:15 amGaurdianship
Tim Smith, Holman Webb Lawyers
This session will cover: 

- Capacity Issues 
- Substituted decision makes and appointing enduring guardians 
- Rights and obligations of guardians and dealing with guardians 
- Contesting Guardianship
10:15 am - 10:45 amMORNING TEA
10:45 am - 11:15 amAged Care Industry Workers Compensation Rate Changes and how to manage them
Suzana Strbac, Manager - Workers Comp, Gow Gates Insurance Brokers


11:15 am - 12:45 pmPANEL DISCUSSION - Work Health and Safety
John Van De Poll
Rachael Sutton, Partner, Holman Webb Lawyers
Representative from Gow Gates Insurance Brokers
The Panel will cover: 

- Update on work, health and safety laws and penalties
- Directors obligations with respect to work, health and safety(including directors who are volunteers)
- Recent Cases
- Risk Management 
- Insurance Issues 
12:45 pm - 1:45 pmLUNCH


1:45 pm - 2:15 pmDirectors and Officers responsibilities under the Aged Care and other Acts - it's more than WHS
Alison Choy Flannigan, Holman Webb Lawyers


2:15 pm - 2:45 pmDirectors and Officer Insurance
Vikki Karatovic, Manager, Health & Aged Care, Gow Gates Insurance Brokers

Choosing the right Policy is not as straightforward as it seems. What to look out for, how much cover do you need, and the importance of understanding what constitutes a claim, when to report and the implications of not reporting.


2:45 pm - 4:15 pmHYPOTHETICAL PANEL - A Bad Day at the office
Representative from Residential Aged Care Provider
Representative from Community Care Provider
Tim Smith, Holman Webb Lawyers
Rachael Sutton, Partner, Holman Webb Lawyers

It's a bad day at the office for Helen, the manager of an aged and community service when there is an assualt on a staff member, a complaint from a guardian of client, food poisoning and a fire, along with a cyber-attack 

 Come along to see what happens next..
4:15 pm - 4:25 pmConference wrap up