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COVID-19: Responding to Even More Changes
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1 Australia (Practice Management and Business Skills)
Planning for the future: what does business look like after COVID-19?
Many businesses are planning to restructure.
Consider how is COVID-19 related to your restructure? And your short, mid, and long term business plans.
Explore the line between genuine redundancy and unfair dismissal, including what consultation means.
Obtaining an order reducing redundancy pay will depend on the financial circumstances of the employer.
Summary of new JobKeeper provisions
The new legislation has not yet been finalised.
The legislation will give continued, albeit more limited, flexibility for employers, that have previously qualified for JobKeeper but don't continue to meet the qualification tests.
JobKeeper in practice
Cases show that the Fair Work Commission is willing to uphold JobKeeper directions which are reasonable taking into account the individual circumstances of employers.
Directions should not disproportionately and unreasonably target particular classes of workers.
Mental health: where to from here?
There has been a significant increase in calls to support services like Beyond Blue.
Given this information, what is the duty that employers owe to their employees to support them?
There are mental health impacts of working from home, including uncertainty, disengagement, and fatigue increasing.
Redundancy and restructures are increasing as the planned end to JobKeeper looms, and these measures compound the above impacts.
Mental health concerns are manifesting in absences, sickness, and performance issues. Working from home makes the management of these issues more difficult.
Proactive management of employees is encouraged.
Exploring the divide between employees who are coping and those who are not. How do you target risk in this environment?
1 Australia (Practice Management and Business Skills)