Bristow Legal transport industry webinar

Bristow Legal, transport industry, fair work changes

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Bristow Legal is inviting you to a ‘Transport Industry – Executive Briefing’.

In a 90-minute webinar, at 12pm (Queensland time) on Wednesday 19 February 2025, the Bristow Legal team will give you a round up, in plain English, of some of the major changes from 2024, and what is coming down the pipeline in 2025.

Topics covered will include:

  1. Fair Work Act changes affecting the transport industry, including the new Road Transport Industry Termination Code which applies from 26 February 2025;  
  2. Proposed amendments to chain of responsibility laws;
  3. Changes to WHS laws and what these mean for insurance coverage;
  4. New risks for employers – the High Court decision on psychiatric injury claims caused by breach of an employment contract;
  5. Changes to cyber security law;
  6. The Privacy Act – what’s changed and likely to change;
  7. Mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting – a brief summary of the current position and the likely practical effects of the new laws; and
  8. The new Queensland owner driver laws that commenced in November 2024.

The invitation and all the details can be accessed here: Transport Industry Executive Briefing 2025.