School Law Series 2022: How to Deal with Injuries, Leave and Workers Compensation Claims
Gain the legal information, updates & strategies you need with a series of the most important topics all tailor made for schools. Make it easy & save by registering for the series or just the sessions that interest you. Watch each session live online or as an on-demand recording. Explore the breadth of vaccinations, hiring & firing, social media, religious discrimination, LGBTIQ+ issues, sexual harassment, defamation, family law, investigations, injuries & leave, cyber risks, governance & more. WEB2211N50JZ
Description
Teachers attending will earn 1 Professional Development Hour (NSW, VIC) / CPD Point (QLD, WA, SA)
Lawyers attending will earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
How to Deal with Injuries, Leave and Workers Compensation Claims
- What are your school’s rights and obligations in relation to managing an ill or injured employee?
- How should you specifically approach and navigate long-term illnesses and injuries?
- How do schools accommodate impairments in the workplace to ensure someone is reasonably able to perform the inherent requirements of a position?
- When is it fair to say you cannot accommodate an employee’s impairment?
- How can you get more information?
- Can you challenge a medical certificate?
- Independent medical examinations
- Practical guidance for managing challenging issues
- Communicating with an employee who is away sick
- Paid leave entitlements
- Providing suitable duties
- Workers compensation considerations
- Things to be cautious about: discrimination claims and unfair dismissal claims!
Presented by Bridget Nunn, Partner, Thomson Geer
Presenters
Bridget Nunn
Bridget Nunn is a Partner at Thomson Geer Lawyers. Her main areas of practice are employment law, work health and safety and workers compensation. As part of her practice she has assisted employers across a range of industries with matters relating to the management of ill and injured workers, including providing advice on strategies for assisting workers with non-work related injuries to return to or exit the workplace, providing representation in workers compensation disputes and other termination disputes (unfair dismissal, general protections and disability discrimination) involving ill or injured workers and drafting workplace policies relating to management of ill and injured workers. Bridget has assisted a number of schools in both South Australia and New South Wales with matters relating to both employment and safety law.