Network Meeting – Amendments to the Workers Compensation & Work Health & Safety Laws in NSW
PRESENTATORS – John Makris, Partner & Salim Doura, Associate, Kingston Reid
Topic:
The proposed amendments to the Workers Compensation & Work Health & Safety Laws in NSW and their potential impacts
About the speakers:
John Makris, Partner
John has over 28 years experience working in regulatory workplace health and safety, environmental and heavy vehicle compliance, dealing with regulators, and providing advice and representation on numerous issues, John is regarded as a notable senior leader in the industry.
His appetite for getting to know and understand his clients, and his focus on providing exceptional service and support to them is admired by John’s peers and colleagues and valued by his clients. His real passion is helping clients get their businesses back on track with minimum downtime and disruption, following workplace incidents and investigations. John expertly guides clients through the uncertainty and complexity of dealing with workplace incidents, including police and regulator investigations, prosecutions and coronial proceedings. His insightful, clear and practical advice is built around helping teams and people understand what has occurred and what needs to happen next, and focused on minimising any adverse impacts on the business and its people.
John also takes pride in staying ahead of the game; he invests a significant amount of time educating and training his clients on a range of safety, environmental and heavy vehicle compliance subjects so they too can be ahead of the game, and can be proactive in meeting their regulatory and compliance obligations.
Salim Doura, Associate
Salim is a dedicated workplace safety and employment lawyer working alongside his clients to ensure their safety and regulatory needs are met.
Salim has advised companies in a wide range of industries including construction, manufacturing and heavy vehicles with a focus on work health and safety, providing front-end compliance advice as well as assisting with managing workplace incidents and prosecutions. His experience also includes day-to-day employment advice such as enterprise agreement interpretation, development and review of internal workplace policies and workplace investigations.
Salim is experienced in litigation having represented a number of clients when faced with regulatory prosecution. Having previously worked for the safety regulator in New South Wales, Salim has in depth knowledge of workplace health and safety requirements and can advise on how to ensure his clients are complying with their various workplace safety duties.