Description
This webinar provides an essential overview of harassment and discrimination in the workplace, aiming to foster a safe, respectful and legally compliant work environment. It covers what constitutes workplace harassment and discrimination, including examples of inappropriate behaviour.
The webinar will also outline the key protections provided by the law, clarifying the rights and responsibilities of both employees and employers. It also explores practical strategies that employers can implement to prevent, address and respond to incidents effectively — from creating clear policies, providing training, to ensuring safe reporting mechanisms and promoting a culture of accountability.
Speaker
Janice Anne Leo is a partner at Steven Thiru. She advises and represents clients from a variety of sectors in the area of employment and labour law disputes.
She also advises clients in drafting and implementing human resource and disciplinary-related policies. This includes defining the parameters of workplace practices, disciplinary procedures, interpersonal work ethics including harassment, discrimination and work-place bullying, restructuring, dismissal and health and safety issues.
She is a speaker and trainer on employment-related matters and she is an active contributor to the Bar Council Continuing Professional Development (“CPD”) programmes. Janice currently serves as the Co-Deputy Chairperson of the Bar Council Industrial and Employment Law Committee and she is also a member of the Bar Council Advocacy Training Committee.
Terms and Conditions
Event Policy
Places are limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The registration for this session will close on 13 May 2025 (Tuesday), at 12:00 pm.
For events with registration fees, all payments must be made in advance, including bank charges. Registration will be confirmed once proof of payment is provided by email or fax, and full payment is received.
The organiser reserves the right to modify, cancel or postpone the event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary, whereupon all registration fees paid will be refunded.
Cancellation
Cancellations must be made in writing.
Please note that there will be no refunds for cancellations, but substitutions are allowed. Kindly inform us in writing with the relevant details at least three days in advance.
If you have failed to inform the organiser on your cancellation for three consecutive times, you may be blacklisted for future events.
Transferal
You are allowed to transfer your place to another participant, but you must notify the organiser with the necessary details at least three days in advance.
Attendance
CPD points for CPD Scheme will not be awarded to lawyers and pupils in chambers from Peninsular Malaysia who arrive more than 15 minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its scheduled end.
Privacy
The personal information that you provide to the Bar Council, whether now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise processed by or on behalf of the Bar Council for the purposes of facilitation and organisation of this event, research and audit, maintenance of a participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary services as may be relevant.
Disclaimer
- Materials (if any) will be emailed only. No printed notes will be provided.
- No recording of the event is permitted via any means at any time.
- No part of the event content may be used / reproduced in any form without the written and explicit consent of the Bar Council and speaker(s).
