The Queensland Law Society Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee presents

Free member seminar: Equal employment opportunity issues in practice

Wednesday 29 September 2010, 8:00am–10:00am
Law Society House, 179 Ann Street

Overview

2 CPD points

This free member seminar will shed light on equal employment opportunity related issues potentially affecting your practice. If you manage a legal practice or deal human resource issues within a practice, this seminar is a must.

Course code: 100929

8:00am–8:05am
Welcome remarks
  • Chair: Dr Geraldine Neal – Workplace Consultant and Mediator
8:05am–9:00am
Accommodating persons with disabilities in the workplace

Mr Larry Laikind will take himself as an example to discuss accommodating a solicitor with a visual disability in the workplace. The presenter will focus on:

  • the presenter’s disability and work history
  • the work carried out by the Welfare Rights Centre
  • equipment that enables a person with a visual disability to function such as the optical scanner that quickly reads typed documents (eye pad solo that will be demonstrated), the I flex that enables to read handwriting and write fairly legibly, the large screen computer with Zoom text and Jaws to enlarge and read the contents of the computer screen, a mobile phone with a talking program and a small portable enlarging device (Compact)

The second presenter Mr Michael Sheppard will discuss the following:

  • the prevailing attitudes that makes it difficult for a disable person to succeed in a firm environment
  • ways in which others could assist a person with a disability in the workplace without engendering embarrassment
  • speaker’s experience
  • Speaker: Larry Laikind – Welfare Rights Centre Inc
  • Speaker: Michael Sheppard – Senior Claims Officer, Queensland Government Insurance Fund
9:00am–10:00am
Contextual and personal factors that contribute to achieving successful work-life balance

This session will focus on the results of the work-life balance survey in which members of the Queensland Law Society participated. Key topics for discussion in this session include:

  • the benefits of achieving work-life balance for individuals and organisations
  • what are the factors within organisations that contribute to achieving work-life balance?
  • what differentiates individuals who achieve the perception of work-life balance from those who do not?
  • Speaker: Dr Barbara Haddon – Registered Psychologist

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