The Thomson Reuters’ 4th annual Mental Health & Employment Law Conference is taking place in October 2021 in Brisbane, Online and Perth.
According to Safe Work Australia the average time off for a work-related mental disorder is 14.8 weeks and average compensation payment is $23,600. Managing mental health has become one of the biggest employment and workplace health and safety issues in the workplace – even more so in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. There will be presentations from:
- Ian Firth, State Inspector for the Psychological Health and Safety Team SafeWork NSW
- David Steirn, Director, Enterprise Investigations
- Michael Plowright, Director, Working Well Together
- Sharon Ponniah PhD, Director Health & Wellbeing, Public Policy & Economics, PwC
- Kate Wright, Workplace Engagement Manager, Black Dog Institute
- Dr Annabelle Neall, Lecturer, Organisational Psychology, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
- Christine Yeung, CEO & Founder, Beyond Story
- Vanessa De Amicis, Safety Health & Wellbeing Manager, Great Southern Bank
CONFERENCE DATES & LOCATIONS WORKSHOP DATES & LOCATIONS
Brisbane 14 October 2021 Brisbane & Livestream – 15 October 2021
Online 21 October 2021
Perth 28 October 2021
- Executive Member, AIER
- Sean Scalmer is Professor of Australian History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at Melbourne University. Sean studied political economy and political science at the University of Sydney, before undertaking a PhD on intellectuals and class in the Australian labour movement. He worked as a research fellow in the Department of Politics, Macquarie University (1998-2004), then as a Lecturer in Sociology (2004-2006) at the same University. He joined the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007. Sean’s major interests are in the histories of social movements, class, and democracy. orders for food delivery platform workers. [Bio from Sean Scalmer’s Melbourne University webpage]