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What are your options when an employee is sick after exhausting all leave entitlements? Have you ever been given a medical certificate that seems less than legit? Watch this webcast to understand how to manage personal leave in a legally sound way.

In this 15-minute podcast, lawyer Malcolm Burrows answers 11 big questions about the role of HR in monitoring and managing employees' social media activity.

"Dodgy" medical certificates, calling in sick after a denied request for leave, and excessive absences all pose frustrating challenges for HR professionals.

Every organisation faces risks from employees' social media activity - whether it is sanctioned or unsanctioned, at work or after hours and "private".



Watch this webcast to understand:

• potential areas of damage and loss arising from employees' social media use;
• what employers can - and can't - monitor and manage;
• vicarious liability lessons from case law;
• special considerations for managing employees who are the social media 'face' of a business; and
• drafting tips for social media policies.

The need for drug and alcohol testing in high-risk workplaces is largely uncontested, but disputes still arise over the types of tests administered, and how employers respond to positive results.



This short webcast explains what every employer should consider when implementing a testing regime.

What should employers do when mental illness affects an employee's performance? What is a reasonable timeframe for an improvement in conduct or performance? Listen to the answers to these questions and more in this podcast.

What does a best-practice process for managing difficult employees look like? Watch this webcast to understand your rights and responsibilities when managing performance and conduct issues.



The presentation covers:

• what constitutes a "challenging employee"?
• how to distinguish between performance and conduct issues;
• the costs of poor management of difficult employees;
• an overview of legal risks;
• what good performance management looks like;
• "best practice" strategies and tools;
• case studies of management of difficult employees;
• a process for managing challenging employees;
• fair and lawful termination of challenging employees; and more.

Rulings handed down since the commencement of the Fair Work Act's adverse action provisions have clarified some of the mystery around their operation and contain important lessons for employers.

Many practical and legal risks can arise when employees work from home or remotely, and not just from ongoing formal arrangements, but also occasional and after-hours work. Watch this webcast to understand how to assess whether an employee has a right to work remotely; understand the legal and practical issues arising from remote work; and more.

A lot can go wrong when you're downsizing, whether it's two roles or 200. In this podcast, DLA Piper partner Pattie Walsh sets out three key redundancy mistakes.