| 08.30 |
Registration |
| 09.00 |
Opening remarks from the chair |
| 09.10 |
National Review of the model WHS laws
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- Discussing the outcomes of the review
- Understanding the key recommendations for changes to the Model WHS Laws
- Considering other developments post release of the review
- Understanding the next steps
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Kate Curtain, Senior Associate, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
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| 9.55 |
The wellbeing and mental health conundrum – building a mental health program to create a respectful, healthy and productive workplace
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- What is employer’s duty to prevent mental health risks within your workplace?
- Exploring the most recent evidence that mental health program has a clear return on investment
- Building evidence based strategic interventions
- Exploring the legal tools, business metrics and strategic responses to mental health issues
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Andrew Douglas, Managing Principal, FCW Lawyers
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| 10.40 |
Morning Tea |
| 11.10 |
Effectively dealing with workplace bullying and harassment
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- Understanding the importance of strong and accountable actions from HR
- Responding quickly once it occurs
- Taking mitigating actions
- Managing expectations, processes and privacy
- Investigations and alternatives
- Monitoring welfare and planning for the post-investigation phase
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Vanessa Andersen, Partner, Maddocks
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| 11.55 |
Dealing with serious WHS incidents for effective crisis management
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- What are employers’ obligations when serious workplace incidents happen?
- Managing serious incidents within 48 hours for effective initial response
- Submitting written notification to regulators
- Conducting incident investigations
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Carlie Holt, Partner, Sparke Helmore
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| 12.40 |
Lunch |
| 13.40 |
Understanding directors’ duty and ensuring compliance with individual prosecution
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- Exercising due diligence to comply with WHS obligations
- Exploring current developments in personal liability
- Understanding officer liability in major incidents
- What penalties employers may face?
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Harriet Eager, Partner, Minter Ellison
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| 14.25 |
Exploring recent cases in industrial manslaughter legislation
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- Understanding the increased regulatory scrutiny for WHS breaches
- In what cases the senior officer is guilty of industrial manslaughter
- Preparing your business for the updated industrial manslaughter legislation
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Graeme Tanner, Senior Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills
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| 15.10 |
Afternoon tea
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| 15.40 |
Exploring practical steps to balance performance management and support for mental health
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- Reducing psychological hazards in performance management process
- Improving managers’ capability in identifying the early warning sign of mental health issues
- What’s employer’s duty once an employee with a mental health issue has been identified?
- Performance managing employee suffering with psychological injuries
- Discussing termination of employment of an employee with a mental health issue
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Trent Sebbens, Partner, Ashurst
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| 16.20 |
Managing return to work process and facilitating a quick return to work
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- Minimising the duration and costs of claims for an efficient case management
- Intervening early and enabling workplace adjustments for workers to stay at work whilst recovering from injury
- What are the impacts of long return to work process to employers?
- Handling difficult return to work cases
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Erin Hawthorne, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
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| 17.00 |
End of conference |
