Fitness for duty, reasonable adjustments

Supporting ill or injured workers requires careful navigation of legal duties, medical information, operational needs and workplace safety. Missteps can expose employers to significant legal and safety risks, including discrimination claims, workers’ compensation issues and breaches of work health and safety obligations.

This comprehensive webinar—led by an experienced employment lawyer—will give leaders, HR professionals and managers the clarity and confidence needed to make defensible decisions when managing employees with illness or injury.

We will cover:

• Fitness for duty: Understanding medical evidence
  What information you can request, how to interpret medical certificates and reports, and when to seek further assessments.

• Reasonable adjustments: What’s required and what’s not
  Your obligations under discrimination and workplace laws, assessing what is “reasonable,” and balancing operational needs with employee rights.

• Managing risk and safety concerns
  How to respond when an employee’s condition creates WHS risks, limits capacity, or impacts team safety or service delivery.

• The return-to-work process
  Practical strategies for staged return-to-work plans, monitoring progress and managing non-compliance.

• When adjustments are not possible
  Identifying when the inherent requirements of the role cannot be met - and lawful pathways for performance management or termination.

• Documentation and communication
  Best-practice processes to ensure transparency and fairness.

Whether you're dealing with long-term illness, psychological injury, intermittent absences, or complex return-to-work challenges, this session will equip you with the tools to respond lawfully and with confidence.