Free Compliance Webinar

A free compliance webinar is a live or recorded briefing that takes Australian employers through one workplace obligation and what has recently changed in it. Sentrient runs these for HR and compliance practitioners who need the working detail on a new law rather than a summary of the headlines.

Sessions are built around obligations that have shifted recently, including:

• Right to disconnect, which extended to small business employers, meaning those with fewer than 15 employees, on 26 August 2025
• Wage theft, a criminal offence since 1 January 2025 where the underpayment is intentional
• Psychological safety and psychosocial hazards
• Respect at work and the positive duty

On wage theft, the distinction that decides everything is intent. Inadvertent underpayment stays a civil matter, while deliberate conduct now carries criminal exposure, which is why payroll governance tends to sit alongside training in these sessions. The Fair Work Ombudsman sets out the small business right to disconnect start date and who it captures. Obligations differ across states and territories and change often, so treat this as general information rather than legal advice and check anything contentious with your adviser.

See what is running now on the free Sentrient webinars page.