Are you interested in brushing up on your workplace relations knowledge from the comfort of your own desk? The AMA Queensland Workplace Relations Team is presenting its 2022 webinar training series. Enhance your knowledge of topical issues in workplace relations by logging into the live webinars on the scheduled day. If you’re unable to attend the live webinar you can still register and receive a recording of the webinar to listen to in your own time. Click here to purchase recordings of past webinars.
Past Webinars
The Great Resignation
Monday 11 April 2022 | Recording available
‘The Great Resignation’, is a topic that has been surfacing over the last year. Experts believe that significant employee turnover is set to hit the Australian workforce within the next year as we see the full effect of the pandemic come to fruition. This webinar will provide an in depth explanation of why this topic has caused great concern and its relevance to the medical industry. It will cover strategies on how employers can avoid this phenomenon and what signs to look out for in the workplace and job market. Having a competitive edge to other workplaces in the same industry could be the difference between retaining key staff, and losing new candidates to better offers.
Performance Appraisals
Monday 23 May 2022 | Recording available
Performance appraisals play a significant role in providing employees with feedback on their work and contribution to the workplace plus provides managers with insights to whether they are functioning at best practice. This highlights the importance of setting expectations, coaching to deliver high quality service and dealing with under-performance in an appropriate and time managed manner. In this special, we will provide guidance on the best approach to undertaking appraisals. We will also touch on the importance of regularly reviewing employment contracts on foot, and the significance this plays in establishing performance expectations.
Recruitment
Monday 25 July 2022 | Recording available
It is crucial that employers are aware of how important the recruitment process is for their practice. The human capital of your company is what will determine the success of your practice and set you apart from your competitors. This webinar is going to show you the different processes and market research that should go into your recruitment and selection process to maximise the quality of talent applying. We will discuss key roles relevant to the healthcare system, relating to private practices, and why conducting skills analysis have greater benefits than expected. Join us to find out how to adapt these processes to recruiting and see your practice working to the best of its ability.
Fundamentals of Leadership
Monday 5 September 2022 | Recording available
Leadership in the workplace has the greatest influence on the success of your company. It affects turnover, customer satisfaction, revenue and productivity. In this webinar we look at the fundamentals of coaching and how to be or create a mentor. Plus methods to reduce conflict and have difficult conversations. We dive into the importance of code of conducts and highlight mental health in the workplace and what you can do to support your staff. Over the last few years the pandemic has capitalised, an already underlying issue, of staff burnout in the health sector and we are going to help strategise the best approach to it.
Employment Status
Monday 28 November 2022 | Recording available
As we know, in the medical and private practice sector there are a number of roles and statuses that employees can fall under. An important skill to have is the ability to understand what these are, what applies to your staff, the different classifications under awards and what entitlements come with those employment status. In this webinar we aim to guide you on topics including, rules of employment, different types of employment arrangements, and what these might look like. Within those topics we will look at how to provide policies, encompassing these rules, which could be incorporated into your practice, and ensuring they align with the relevant agreements.
Speakers/Presenters
Angela Lentakis
Workplace Relations Administrator at AMA Queensland
Angela joined AMA Queensland in 2021 after graduating with a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resource Management. Prior to AMA Queensland she worked with small businesses helping them create and implement HR processes into their workplace. She is currently working as the Workplace Relations Team Administrator