Hiring, Firing & Managing Performance: Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls

Thursday, 24 September 2026, 8.30AM - 9.30AM, Sydney CBD

NEW EVENT

📅 When: Thursday, 24 September 2026
⏰ Time: 8.30AM - 9.30AM
📍 Venue: Level 6, 261 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
🥗 Light breakfast provided

Employment law continues to evolve, and even well-intentioned employers can find themselves exposed to significant legal and financial risk. This practical breakfast session will explore three of the most common mistakes organisations make when hiring employees, managing performance, and ending employment, while also examining the growing importance of psychosocial risk management in today's workplaces. The presentation is based on the AM Law framework, adapted to include the latest developments in psychosocial hazards and performance management.

Attendees will learn:

• How to avoid common legal pitfalls when hiring employees and drafting employment contracts
• Best-practice approaches to managing employee performance while reducing legal risk
• The correct processes for managing terminations and difficult workplace conversations
• Employer obligations regarding psychosocial hazards and how they intersect with performance management
• Key employment law developments employers should be aware of in 2026
• Practical steps HR professionals and business leaders can implement immediately to strengthen compliance and workplace culture

About Antonino Meduri

Antonino Meduri is an Employment and Work Health & Safety lawyer with experience gained at some of the world’s leading law firms and at the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

He has acted for global employers across a wide range of industries, delivering advice throughout Australia and beyond. He also brings significant litigation experience, having supported barristers and judges in complex commercial and employment disputes.

Deborah Lane

Deborah Lane is an accomplished CFO and strategic finance executive with more than 20 years of experience across high-growth, private equity-backed and ASX-listed organisations.

She specialises in finance transformation, governance, commercial growth and building scalable, high-performing finance functions. Deborah is also a former President of the CPA Australia NSW Divisional Council and is passionate about leadership, mentoring and the future of finance.

Lachlan Grant

Lachlan Grant is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vital Addition, bringing extensive experience across finance, operations and business growth.

A Chartered Accountant, he has spent more than a decade helping startups and growing businesses strengthen their financial foundations, scale effectively and navigate complex commercial decisions. Lachlan is also an experienced entrepreneur, having co-founded and built multiple businesses across professional services, technology, hospitality and financial services.

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