Improving Staff Flexibility and Minimising Absenteeism

Apart from oversupply putting services under pressure nationally, the increased cost of operation ultimately flowing form the new CCSS implementation and the next national wage increase scheduled for 1 July, providers and managers are looking for ways to improve the flexibility of their workforce and manage absenteeism to minimise costs.

With over half a services gross income expended on wages and staff on-costs, minor efficiency gains in staffing can yield significant financial benefits.

Key focus areas of this seminar will be:

• equipping participants with better ways to manage working hours and attendance and how to vary arrangements to suit operational needs without breaching "Family Friendly Arrangement" requirements.
• how not be held to ransom by staff who - "don't want to change" or "have always done it this way" or "have spoken to fair work/the union/my uncle, and you cant make me do that"
• managing staff during pregnancy and on return to work, what are everyones rights including the employer.

More specifically we will cover:

• Flexible Working Arrangements - what are your obligations under the Fair Work Act and Family Friendly Arrangements.
  
• When do you need a "Flexibility Agreement" and what are they good for.
• Effective Rostering - Setting on commencement and changing working hours or shift arrangements - How to be in control!
• The difference between rostered hours, additional hours and overtime hours and how this can work for your service.
• Managing staff pregnancy, access to personal leave/unpaid special maternity leave or paid no safe work leave and "stress and anxiety".
• Restructuring & Redundancy.

Who Should Attend:

This workshop has been developed for Approved Providers, Area Co-ordinators, Directors, Managers, Front-Line Supervisors, HR and IR practitioners or will be beneficial to anyone who wants to refresh their understanding in relation to effective staff management and rostering.

The Presenter:

David Morphett has been actively involved in early childhood education and employment relations sectors for almost 30 years as both an owner/operator and an industry support practitioner.

DJMIR provides support to over 800 members nationally from small 15 place operators to multiple service/trans-state operators.

David prides himself on ensuring his workshops are simple, clear and practical, and always include examples of how others DJMIR members have managed situation that this workshop will be covering.