{"id":82240,"date":"2025-08-20T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82240\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:51:09","slug":"the-labour-hire-host-employer-debate-who-pays-more-when-a-labour-hire-worker-suffers-injury-during-host-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82240\/","title":{"rendered":"The Labour Hire \/ Host Employer Debate: Who pays more when a labour hire worker suffers injury during host employment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJoin us for an engaging lunchtime seminar exploring the evolving legal landscape around labour hire and host employer liability.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Kirsty Gothard<\/a>, Barrister, and Georgina Wong<\/a>, Partner, will lead the discussion, sharing their perspectives on recent legal developments and how varying factual scenarios can influence the determination of co-tortfeasor contribution between labour hire and host employers.<\/p>\n

What you’ll learn:<\/p>\n

– How liability is shared between labour hire and host employers

\n– The impact of different factual scenarios on legal outcomes

\n– Practical insights for employers, insurers, and legal professionals<\/p>\n

Presenters<\/p>\n

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Kirsty Gothard<\/a>

\nBarrister | George Street Chambers<\/p>\n

Kirsty has been a barrister in private practice at the Queensland Bar based in Brisbane since February 2012. Kirsty was previously employed as a solicitor in the commercial litigation division of a national law firm. Her practice extends to a wide range of commercial matters in both the State and Federal jurisdictions, including E-Trial experience, and her areas of speciality include mining and construction, corporate and personal insolvency, banking and finance, contract law, commercial and residential leases.<\/p>\n

Read more about Kirsty.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Georgina Wong<\/a>

\nPartner | Colin Biggers & Paisley<\/p>\n

Georgina has more than 17 years of experience in insurance and workplace litigation, focussing on public liability personal injury and workers’ compensation claims. She is valued by her clients for her driven, insightful and empathetic approach to claims management.<\/p>\n

Read more about Georgina.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is commentary published by Colin Biggers & Paisley for general information purposes only. This should not be relied on as specific advice. You should seek your own legal and other advice for any question, or for any specific situation or proposal, before making any final decision. The content also is subject to change. A person listed may not be admitted as a lawyer in all States and Territories. Colin Biggers & Paisley, Australia 2025\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us for an engaging lunchtime seminar exploring the evolving legal landscape around labour hire and host employer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[64,63,99,180],"class_list":{"0":"post-82240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-jobs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}