Managing ill and injured workers

							  Managing ill
  and injured workers
  Successfully navigating through the minefield
                                                                                                      HALF DAY SEMINAR

 Managing ill and injured workers in your organisation can often seem like navigating
 through a minefield. You are faced with a broad range of legal obligations and risks
 arising from health and safety, workers’ compensation, unfair dismissal, unlawful
 termination and discrimination laws. At the same time, in this tough economic
 climate you are under pressure to maximise the productivity of all your employees.
 Ai Group’s team of experienced workplace relations and health and safety advisers has a detailed understanding of these laws
 (including important recent changes) and how they interrelate. This seminar is designed to provide you with an understanding of
 the key areas of legal risk and, through an interactive case study and “step by step” approach, equip you with practical strategies
 for tackling this complex issue and promoting positive outcomes.
 Topics will include:
 Promoting Positive          What can the business do to promote ongoing positive interaction with the employee for mutual
 Outcomes                    benefit?
                             How does this increase the chance of successfully integrating the employee back into
                             the workforce?
 Medical Information         What process should you adopt in assessing an employee’s fitness for work?
                             What limitations apply to accessing and using medical reports?
 Workers’ Compensation What are your rehabilitation obligations?
                       How is your workers’ compensation premium affected?
 Entitlements & Accruals What leave entitlements accrue during long term absences? Are you required to provide
                         superannuation and/or accident make up pay?
 New Fair Work Act           What new obligations does the Fair Work Act impose on your business concerning ill and
                             injured workers?
                             What claims are likely to be made by these workers under the new general protections provisions?
 Discrimination              How do you determine the inherent requirements of a position and the employee’s ability to
                             meet them?
                             How far must you go in accommodating an employee’s disability or impairment in the workplace?
                             What do the proposed changes to disability discrimination laws mean for my business?
 Termination of              Can you lawfully terminate the employment of ill or injured workers? What are your legal risks when
 Employment                  doing so and what steps can you take to minimise these risks?
 Redundancy                  Can you retrench an ill or injured employee if their position becomes redundant? Are you required
                             to accept volunteers for redundancy who are unfit for pre-injury duties?
 Join us for a practical half day seminar to find out the answers to these questions and more.

DATES AND VENUES
Brisbane                                    Sydney                                      Melbourne
Thursday 23 July 2009                       Friday 24 July 2009                         Tuesday 28 July 2009
Christie Corporate Conference Centre        The Holroyd Centre                          Australian Industry Group
320 Adelaide Street                         Miller Street                               20 Queens Road
BRISBANE QLD 4000                           MERRYLANDS NSW 2160                         MELBOURNE VIC 3004
Registration: 8.00am – 8.30am               Registration: 8.00am – 8.30am               Registration: 8.00am – 8.30am
Seminar: 8.30am – 12.00 noon                Seminar: 8.30am – 12.00 noon                Seminar: 8.30am – 12.00 noon


Are you interested in this seminar being conducted in Ballarat, Albury/Wodonga, Wollongong, Newcastle or at your workplace?
Please email fiona.green@aigroup.asn.au to register your interest.
   SPECIAL OFFER FOR Ai GROUP MEMBERS
   SPECIAL OFFER FOR Ai GROUP MEMBERS
   You will receive a 10% discount when purchasing the Ai Group’s publication Guide to Dealing with Ill and
   Injured Workers when you book your attendance at the Managing ill and injured workers seminar.




    REGIStER NOw for the Managing ill and injured workers seminar
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          $269.50 (inc GST) Two or more registrations $242.00 per participant

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    Ai GROUP MEMBERS CAN PURCHASE THE ‘GUIDE TO DEALING WITH ILL AND INJURED WORKERS’ HANDBOOK AT THE ATTENDEE SPECIAL
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