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Whether making one role redundant or hundreds, HR professionals have a crucial part to play in ensuring organisations meet their extensive legal obligations and avoid claims from current and ex-employees.



Watch this webcast to:

• ensure redundancies are 'genuine' under the Fair Work Act;
• understand employees' entitlements if positions are made redundant;
• develop sound redundancy criteria that minimise legal risks;
• fulfil consultation and redeployment obligations;
• manage a safe internal 'paper trail' about decision-making;
• handle interactions with unions; and
• add real value to the C-suite by informing decision-makers about their obligations.

How does the new anti-bullying regime apply to your workplace, and how does it affect how you prevent and manage workplace bullying? Watch this webcast for best-practice tips and tools.

The model Work Health and Safety laws now in force in most Australian jurisdictions place new duties on HR professionals, exposing them to areas of personal liability and other risks that can't be ignored. Watch this webcast to understand:

• The extent of WHS duties for HR professionals under the model Act;
• Who the law considers an "officer" and what their responsibilities entail;
• Areas where HR professionals and other senior staff face personal liability risks;
• Steps HR professionals can take to ensure decisions that affect safety are defensible;
• HR's role in meeting consultation requirements to employees and others; and
• Particular issues in relation to psychological injury risks.

Why would you engage someone as an independent contractor, as opposed to an employee? Watch this webcast to better understand this complex area.

What are your organisation's obligations when an employee's illness or injury has the potential to affect their ability to perform in a role?

Every HR professional should understand the key terms in employment contracts, when to review and vary them, and how contracts interact with legislation, industrial instruments and workplace policies. Watch this webcast to ensure you're across these areas.

What are your options when an employee is sick after exhausting all leave entitlements? Have you ever been given a medical certificate that seems less than legit? Watch this webcast to understand how to manage personal leave in a legally sound way.

Every organisation faces risks from employees' social media activity - whether it is sanctioned or unsanctioned, at work or after hours and "private".



Watch this webcast to understand:

• potential areas of damage and loss arising from employees' social media use;
• what employers can - and can't - monitor and manage;
• vicarious liability lessons from case law;
• special considerations for managing employees who are the social media 'face' of a business; and
• drafting tips for social media policies.

The need for drug and alcohol testing in high-risk workplaces is largely uncontested, but disputes still arise over the types of tests administered, and how employers respond to positive results.



This short webcast explains what every employer should consider when implementing a testing regime.

What does a best-practice process for managing difficult employees look like? Watch this webcast to understand your rights and responsibilities when managing performance and conduct issues.



The presentation covers:

• what constitutes a "challenging employee"?
• how to distinguish between performance and conduct issues;
• the costs of poor management of difficult employees;
• an overview of legal risks;
• what good performance management looks like;
• "best practice" strategies and tools;
• case studies of management of difficult employees;
• a process for managing challenging employees;
• fair and lawful termination of challenging employees; and more.