Preview 2021: OH Legal & Professional Update

Wed 3 Feb 2021 pm - Thurs 4 Feb 2021 am, A Virtual Event

Are you prepared for 2021? Following a year in which COVID-19 has dominated all other topics in occupational health, what are the legal and professional developments that will be affecting your work over the next 12 months?

This is one of our most popular annual events, attracting delegates from the UK and overseas who wish to keep up to date with all of the most recent changes in OH law and practice.

Chaired by: Dr John Ballard, editor of Occupational Health [at Work]

Please note that if you are booking for this event on 2nd or 3rd February, you will not receive your documentation until after the event

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Programme

PART ONE:

Wednesday 3 February 2021, afternoon

 

13.00

Registration

13.05

Welcome and introduction
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]

OH PRACTICE PART I

13.15

Mental Health First Aid at work – evidence review and survey
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]

  • MHFA – its aims and objectives
  • What the latest published research tells us
  • Findings of our exclusive survey of OH professionals
  • Recommendations for practice
13.40

Q&A

OH LAW PART I

13.50

Disability discrimination law update
Emily Yeardley, BakerLaw LLP

  • 25 years since the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
  • COVID-19: avoiding disability discrimination in the pandemic
  • Constructive knowledge
  • Can it be reasonable adjustment to ensure that an employee does not have to work with a certain colleague?
  • Latest cases
14.30

Legal Q&A

14.45

Tea

OH LAW AND PRACTICE

15.05

COVID-19 update and expert panel Q&A

Four eminent speakers discuss the latest developments relating to COVID-19. Pre-submitted questions and live questions are welcome.

Legal update
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister

Clinical update on the latest issues
Dr Tony Williams, Working Fit Ltd

The NHS response to COVID-19
Dr Shriti Pattani, NHS Health at Work Network

Case  study
Dr Bill Jenkinson, Spirit AeroSystems

This session will cover:

  • Organisational perspectives
  • Measures taken and policies introduced
  • Clinical and legal update
  • Cases and experience around COVID-19
  • Long COVID in the workplace
  • Mental health
16.55

End of day

 

 

PART TWO:

Thursday 4 February 2021, morning

10.00

Registration

10.05

Welcome and introduction
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]

OH PRACTICE PART II

10.10

OH nursing standards – the NMC review
Speaker TBC

  • Why is the NMC carrying out the review?
  • What will it mean for OH and OH education?
  • Can OH professionals contribute to the process?
10.35

Q&A

OH LAW PART II

10.45

Legal update: hot topics in OH Law
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister

  • Mental Health First Aid and the law
  • Home working – employees’ rights and employers’ responsibilities
  • Sex discrimination – pregnancy, maternity and menopause
  • OH law post Brexit
11.30

Legal Q&A

11.40

Tea and a chance to chat online with Prof Diana Kloss

OH PRACTICE PART III

12.00

Hot topics in OH – a roundtable
Three experts in PH discuss some of the hottest topics in OH

The mental health and wellbeing of home workers
Dr Zofia Bajorek, Institute for Employment Studies

Is remote health surveillance effective?
Dr Roger Cooke, consultant in occupational medicine

Why OH needs to do more to support workers and practitioners from BAME backgrounds
Dr Sheetal Chavda, London Fire Brigade at Health Management Ltd

12.50

Final questions

13.00

Close of day

Benefits of attending

You will gain:

  • A vital update on legislation and recent case law taking you through the complexities of disability discrimination, consent and confidentiality and COVID, as well as other hot topics – you’ll be sure you know your obligations, and how to meet them
  • Knowledge of the legal dos and don’ts in some of the most difficult areas affecting OH professionals’ practice
  • An update on key professional practice issues, including a clinical update on COVID, organisational responses to COVID and a look at health surveillance, mental health of homeworkers and supporting employees from BAME backgrounds
  • The opportunity to learn about the new OH nursing standards review which will affect all OH nurses, and their importance for OH employers

PLUS – you will receive printed documentation to keep for future reference.

This event is designed for:

• OH professionals and allied health professionals

• HR managers

• H&S practitioners

• Case managers

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