Webinar: Mental Health - a Risk Management Approach (Recording Option)
Mental health issues not only impact the individual, but also their workplace, particularly where there is a claim that the mental health is a workplace injury. With a tripling of mental health compensation claims in the last 20 years, the challenge is for employers to take a proactive and risk-based approach to minimising psychosocial hazards. It can be difficult to know where to start. This session will examine the key issues, including:
- An analysis of the duty of care of employers and Codes of Practice
- The regulator’s guidelines on mental health management in the workplace
- The treatment of mental health at the recruitment stage - what can employers ask?
- Establishing and implementing policies, procedures and training
- Disability discrimination and the treatment of employees with a mental health condition
- How are 'reasonable adjustments' assessed in the mental health space?
- Strategies for identifying and managing some of the perceived mental health triggers such as working hours, bullying, changed work conditions and rosters, public abuse, financial and personal stress
About the speaker:
Adrian Barwick
Solicitor Director and Accredited Specialist, WilliamsonBarwick
Adrian was admitted as a Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 1 December 1995 and is an Accredited Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law. Adrian acts for a wide range of private sector, local government, indigenous corporations, and not-for-profit employers, providing advice and support at every stage of the employment relationship. He regularly appears as an advocate in the Fair Work Commission and state and federal courts and tribunals.
About the webinar:
Cost: $38 (incl. GST) AIQS Members // $50 (incl. GST) Non-Members
CPD: 1 point
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of AIQS.
