icare Mental Health Forum - Sydney CBD

Did you know that 1 in 5 Australians reported that they had a mental or behavioural condition?

In supporting this statistic and acknowledging that psychological injury is the fastest growing injury type in NSW, icare want to promote greater awareness in creating a Mentally Healthy workplace and a better understanding on how you can support your workforce should they be impacted by psychological injury.
Bullying and Harassment is the leading cause of workplace psychological injuries. This event aims to assist you in creating a work environment with an inclusive and supportive workplace culture to help you and your staff prevent and respond to workplace harassment.
The purpose of this event is to:

• Explore what really drives bullying and harassment behaviours and take a practical look at how culture, leadership and job design can prevent harm
• Provide businesses with advice as to how to respond to allegation of bullying and harassment
• Assist with prevention and support for individuals within workplaces and your local community
• Give practical advice on managing employee performance

The session will also provide an update on proposed Scheme Reforms as at current day.

Catering will be provided, for any special dietary requests, please email us at [email protected]

If you are a Broker, this event offers 4 NIBA CPD points.

Special Guest Speaker – Matthew Elliott
Former Professional Rugby League Player & Coach
Matt is a former professional Rugby League Player, NRL Coach and the co-founder and creator of the Change Room. In combining his qualifications (Bachelor of Applied Science) and career experience, Matt aims to inspire people to improve their physical and Mental Health by exploring better practices used in high-performance sports environments.

Impacts of a Bullying & Harassment in a business and what to do differently,
Hosted by David Huxley and Ben Neville, icare
Employers have an obligation to prevent inappropriate behaviour toward their staff. During this session we will talk through case study examples of bullying towards staff from 3 different levels – from a senior member of staff; a work colleague and a customer.
We will look at facts of each situation, how the employer responded and the impacts on the business. We will then discuss what could have been done differently to get a better outcome as we share the tools and resources available to support your workers and your business.
During this session we will also provide an update on the proposed NSW WC Legislation Amendment Bill.

Bullying and Harassment: Why it matters and what businesses must do

Presented by Jo Bartley - icare Manager, Prevention and Risk Advisory
In this session we’ll unpack the myths, explore what really drives bullying and harassment behaviours and take a practical look at how culture, leadership and job design can prevent harm.
Following the session, you’ll understand why it matters for your workplace and walk away with tools and resources to make positive, lasting change.

Change the Work, Not the Worker
Presented by Gerard McDonell, SafeWork NSW Assistant State Inspector
Looking at how implementing effective work design can prevent exposure to psychosocial hazards, and create a working environment where people can grow and flourish.

Any questions please email [email protected]

Managing employee performance and the reasonable employer action defence
Presented by Miriam Brown and Natasha Sim– Turks Legal
Addressing staff underperformance issues is never easy.
During this session, Turks will provide guidance on how best to approach these discussions, and how to minimise the risk of a claim for psychological injury.
Turks will guide you through:

• The difference between reasonable management action and bullying/harassment from an employment law perspective
• The section 11A (reasonable employer action defence) to workers compensation claims for psychological injury
• Measures you can put in place to minimise the occurrence of staff underperformance issues
• Some helpful tips on how best to approach staff underperformance issues when they do arise

Host or Publisher icare NSW