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The Industrial Relations Society of Queensland is pleased to announce our final webinar of 2023 taking place on Wednesday 29 November 2023.

Join your colleagues over lunch and hear Vice President Joseph Catanzariti of the Fair Work Commission provide a ‘round-up’ of the interesting and important Fair Work Commission cases over the past year and a great friend of the Society, John Simpson from AustralianSuper, update us on superannuation. 

GUEST SPEAKERS

Joseph Catanzariti AM

Vice President,

Fair Work Commission

Joseph Catanzariti AM is a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission, the national workplace relations tribunal.

Prior to his appointment to the Fair Work Commission, Joseph was a senior Partner of Clayton Utz and Practice Leader of the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Practice Group. Joseph was a trusted adviser to many of Australia’s leading companies and government departments. Joseph was also a highly experienced Commercial Litigator.

Joseph is a Visiting Professorial Fellow of the School of Law and the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Work and Organisational Studies, School of Business at Sydney University.

Joseph is the Chair of the College of Law.

Joseph is also co-author of Workplace Bullying published by LexisNexis.

He has previously held the positions of President of the Law Council of Australia, President of the NSW Law Society, Chair of the Workplace Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales (2000 - 2013), and Secretary of the Industrial Relations Society of Australia (1997-2011).

Joseph was awarded Life Time Recognition, Industrial Relations Society of Australia / Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association 2011, and the Industrial Relations Society of New South Wales in 2015.

Joseph is a fellow of the Academy of Law.

 On 26 January 2016 Joseph was made a Member of the Order of Australia.

John Simpson

Partnership Manager

AustralianSuper

John commenced in the superannuation industry in July 1983. He has seen the industry grow from what was predominately just corporate and self-managed superannuation funds to one where assets now exceed $3 trillion.

Due to this rapid growth in assets over the last 40 years, superannuation has become one of the most highly regulated and governed sectors in Australia. Unfortunately this has contributed to a high level of complexity and lack of understanding by a majority of superannuation fund members.

In his current role as Partnership Manager at AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest superannuation fund, John’s role is to help employers, employees and industry associations and their members achieve their best possible retirement outcomes.

John, and AustralianSuper, are long-time friends and supporters of the Society.

This session is complimentary for IRSQ members and members of State and Territory IR Societies.

Non-members, attendance is $40.00.

Registrations close Tuesday, 28 November 2023