Life after Covid….The New Office Norm

VIC Gippsland Network

The hot topic facing many businesses is the surge in requests to work from home on a permanent basis, with reduced hours in the office per week or month.
Following eighteen months of lockdowns, including “snap” lockdowns, and the forced work from home, organisations and employees adapted to the new normal. Workplace flexibility came into its own and with the return to work, has led to the increase in requests to permanently work from home.
Join us for 1.5 hours of informative and engaging presentations and discussion on best practice flexible work and responding to the increase in work from home requests. This forum will remind you of your obligations under the Fair Work Act, as well as highlight what best practice organisations are doing in this space.
Key questions to be addressed:
– How to manage requests
– What are the rights of the individual who is seeking such an arrangement
– What are the obligations on the employer
– What is the process involved in considering these requests
– How do employers say no without introducing risk
– Are these requests managed differently from previous work from home requests
– Has there been a surge in requests compared to requests pre COVID
– Are these requests for specified period / temporary, or are they permanent
– How do you manage the OHS issues and mitigate risk, and what is the cost ($$)
– Has there been an increase in engagement of employees or has working from home created isolation and health & wellbeing / mental health issues
– How does having a hybrid model of people working from home and people in the office affect culture

This forum is suitable for:

HR Practitioners of all career levels, specifically in the roles of:
– ER/IR
– HR Business Parteners
– But all will find this an engaging and informative forum

Speaker: Clare Murphy FCPHR MHRM, Director, Human Resources, EACH

Clare Murphy is the Director, Human Resources at EACH, a not-for-profit social and community health organisation that provides an integrated range of health, disability, counselling and community mental health services across Australia. EACH operates 200 different programs across 50 sites, with over 1500 employees and 300 volunteers. Clare is a strategic, results driven Human Resources professional with experience in a range of industries, including health, education, hospitality and legal Clare is a Fellow and Certified Practitioner of AHRI, was the Dave Ulrich HR Leader of the Year 2016 and holds a Masters of HR Management.

Speaker: Stephanie Beard CAHRI, General Manager – People, Harwood Andrews

Stephanie Beard is Harwood Andrews’ General Manager – People. She provides both strategic and operational human resource solutions. She has a pragmatic approach to her role and is conscious of being proactive. Steph is passionate about partnering with business leaders to ensure that through appropriate human resource solutions, the business is able to meet and exceed its objectives and goals. Stephanie holds a Masters of Business with a major in Human Resources together with a Masters of Business Coaching. Whilst studying Stephanie was introduced to positive psychology and positive leadership which has changed her perspective on life, both personally and professionally.

Speaker: Sophie Ware, Associate, Harwood Andrews

Sophie Ware is an Associate at Harwood Andrews, with a practice focus on Employment and Industrial Relations Law. Sophie’s provides advice on a wide variety of employment law matters including employment agreements and workplace policies and procedures and assists in the interpretation and compliance with awards, legislation and agreements. Sophie has a strong understanding of unfair dismissals, Employee misconduct, performance management and workplace investigations, Workplace bullying, equal opportunity, discrimination and harassment as well as occupational health and safety, restraint of trade and protection of confidential information and intellectual property. She applies her extensive knowledge to minimise risk to employers and to ensure employers are compliant with their obligations. Sophie works closely with her clients to determine the right solution to achieve a desired outcome in a practical way. .

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Registration

Registration closes: Friday 16 July 2021

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Please be advised this is an event we are recommending and not hosted by Bambuddha Group

Date:

Thursday January 1st, 1970
12:50 pm - 2:30 pm

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