Programme

9.00

Registration and coffee

9.20

Welcome and introduction

9.30

Employment and disability
Dr John Ballard, editor of Occupational Health [at Work]

  • National statistics
  • Closing the employment gap
9.45

DISABILITY LAW
Understanding disability law
Rebecca Tuck, barrister

  • Who is covered under the Equality Act 2010?
  • Understanding the terminology: direct and indirect discrimination; discrimination arising from disability
  • Disability, capability and unfair dismissal
  • Duty to make reasonable adjustments – deciding what is ‘reasonable’
  • Pre-employment health questionnaires, health declarations and examinations
  • What if an employee’s child or dependant is disabled?
  • European Framework Directive and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
10.40

Coffee

11.00

Disability law – ensuring legal compliance in the workplace
Diana Kloss, barrister

  • Consent: at referral, consultation and report
  • Advising on fitness for work: what employers need to know (and what they should expect of OH)
  • What should you do if an employee tells something to OH, but doesn’t want the employer to know?
  • Adjusting sick-pay triggers
  • Lying about a health condition at pre-employment
  • Health, safety and disability
  • Potential liability of the OH professional
11.50

Disability law Q&A – ‘difficult issues’
Diana Kloss and Rebecca Tuck

Your chance to put your live and pre-submitted questions to our legal experts.

12.15

Lunch

13.20

The OH referral – step by step
Dr Nerys Williams, independent OH physician

  • Managing the referral – ensuring that managers and employees understand the process
  • The consultation
  • The OH report – what makes a good report (and a bad one)?
  • Access to Work, and other resources
14.10

The four Rs of disability management – a good practice guide
Dr Alister Scott, BT

  • Recruitment and pre-placement best practice
  • Risk assessmentSafety critical environments
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Retention
15.00

Tea

15.20

Mental health: the role of OH
Helen Wray, Mars Chocolate UK

  • Recognising common mental health conditions
  • Practical support at work
  • Addressing stigma
  • Managing difficult issues – capability and attendance
16.10

Final questions

16.20

Close of conference

Benefits of attending

How will attending this training  day benefit you?

You will gain:

  • an indispensable understanding of the key legal and practice issues
  • plenty of practical guidance to enable you to manage disability  at work more effectively
  • an opportunity to get your legal questions answered in our
    interactive legal surgery

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