The Workplace Mental Health, Ill Employees, Absenteeism and RTW Management Masterclass covers topics such as:
- Essential updates of onemployers’ legal obligations and compliance risks
- Expert advice on hownew cases clarify various legal requirements
- How to deal withsuspected "sickies" and the investigation process
- Practical strategies to avoid liabilitiesassociated with managing ill, injured or chronically absent employees, for instance: Managing long term absenteeism, dismissal for medical incapacity, performance management and gathering medical information
- Guided steps todesign and implement successful return-to-work and rehabilitation processes
- What you should doif the employee refuses to co-operate
- Analyseimplications of governing legislation and avoid legal pitfalls e.g. discrimination, adverse action, unfair dismissal, privacy law
- Redefineemployers’ key responsibilities to manage ill and injured employees in a lawful manner
- Proven strategies formanaging long-term employee absence
- Leverage onrecent case law and crucial decisions – and what these mean for employers
- Examinevarious considerations before terminating employment relationship on medical grounds
- Design and implement afair and lawful investigation process when dealing with suspected ‘sickies’
- Understand howmedical information should be gathered and used in a lawful manner
- Measures to accommodate an employee’s injury duringperformance management processes
- Review and reinforce successfulreturn-to-work and rehabilitation processes
- Best practice approaches and mediation techniques to handle an discrimination, adverse action or unfair dismissal claim
The Workplace Mental Health, Ill Employees, Absenteeism and RTW Management Masterclass brings together senior attendees with responsibilities in:
- Workplace/ Employment Relations
- Human Resources
- Workplace Health and Safety
- Industrial Relations
- Return-to-Work and Rehabilitation
- Managing ill employees or absenteeism
- Injury Management
- People and Culture
- Remuneration, Compensation & Benefits
- Learning & Development
- Labour & Employment Law
- In-House Legal Counsel
- Union / Employee Advocacy Groups
- Regulatory Affairs & Compliance
