EML is excited to introduce our new 'Here and Now' education series, designed to deliver meaningful insights, thought leadership and network connections for our clients. These half day forums will feature industry guest speakers, business and scheme updates from EML and expert panels exploring the pressing issues facing Australian employers today.

For this event we have organised an amazing line up of industry talent.

Our guest speakers include: Turks Legal, Factor C, Ipar and Finity. See below for more information.

Turks Legal, will discuss the TOP 5 adversaries facing employers in the workers compensation scheme. This expansive discussion will help you discover how you can put preventative practices into place for workers compensation claims and how to overcome the seemingly antagonistic technicalities of the workers compensation scheme.

Adele Fletcher, Practice Head of Turks Legal’s Employers Liability Team: Since joining Turks Legal in 2004, Adele has practised exclusively in the areas of workers compensation, work injury damages and Section 151Z recoveries. As a trusted advisor to NSW’s largest insurers and employers, Adele has specific expertise in handling complex work injury damages claims involving multiple parties and the overlap of different legislative regimes. Adele is known for working collaboratively with her insurer, broker and employer clients to reduce the prevalence and cost of work injury damages claims by identifying trends and developing strategies to minimise the occurrence and impact of claims. Adele has been recognised in the 2021 Doyle's Guide as a Leading New South Wales Defendant Workers Compensation Lawyer.

Factor C is committed to helping leaders build more caring, resilient and growth oriented teams.

Factor C produces WeCARE which is an award winning learning campaign designed to be implemented across your entire organisation, taking a local leader led approach, enabling team members to show they care and know how to approach and support their colleagues.

Graeme Cowan, Co-founder of Factor C: helps leaders and teams to be more caring and resilient and enjoy growing together. He is also a Board Director of R U OK? and helped Gavin Larkin to start it in 2009. He is also the Co-Founder of FactorC, which creates scalable training to build mentally healthy workplaces.

As we emerge from COVID-19 restrictions, supporting employees’ mental health is as critical as creating a safe physical environment. During this session, Graeme will be discussing key mental health priorities for employers in the next year including burnout, the complexity of personal issues and the readjustments required as we return to the office. Graeme will also discuss why we need faster and simpler ways to increase employee mental health literacy, practical resources to improve help seeking, and insights about how to build a more caring team culture.

Ipar is one of the leading rehabilitation providers in Australia.

Our panel will include Sophie Gibbs and Jenny Crane.

Sophie Gibbs, NSW Account Manager: a qualified Occupational Therapist with clinical experience in acute and rehabilitation occupational therapy in neurology, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic and general surgery fields. Sophie also has experience in research, business innovation, data analysis, product development and website design, having completed a secondment with the MedHealth Research & Innovation team. Sophie has gained extensive experience in providing occupational rehabilitation services at IPAR and has worked across Workers Compensation, DVA, Comcare, CTP, Self-insurers and Life Insurance claims.

Jenny Crane, National Account Manager: has over 30 years’ experience working in health. After graduating, Jenny worked as a physiotherapist for NSW public health. She then moved into the medical device sector, working in a variety of customer-focused business management roles across Australia and New Zealand. Jenny also has experience working for a national rehabilitation provider, in a business development capacity. She brings to the role a strong focus on the customer and an understanding of the need to provide unquestionable service. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy), a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Science (Sports Physiotherapy), and a Postgraduate Diploma of Business Administration and Management.

Combining bold thinking with a practical approach Finity help you make more informed decisions that deliver results. This strategic analytical firm that helps business leaders navigate complex challenges and bring clarity to decision making will be offering an exclusive panel discussion for "Here and Now" Sydney and how they can help your business with strategies in the workers compensation space.

Alycia Admundson, Actuarial and Management Consultant: Alycia is a consultant and has worked at Finity for almost 10 years. Alycia’s workers compensation self-insurance clients include ACHA, BHP, Coca-Cola, Chandler MacLeod, CSR, Estia Aged Care, Prosegur and Sydney Water. Alycia is involved in the production of our regular self-insurance newsletters.

Adam Payne, Actuary: Adam is a senior consultant and has been at Finity for more than 20 years. Adam’s workers compensation self-insurance clients include BHP, Boral, DHL, Healius, Linfox and RAA. In addition, Adam advises specialised insurers StateCover Mutual and Coal Mines Insurance. Over the years Adam has written and presented several papers on the merits of self-insurance.

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Access exceptional deals on a range of innovative products and services designed to reduce risk and improve compliance in your workplace. Our EML Offers providers will be attending and available for you to speak with during breaks.

Some of our providers in attendance include JobFit Systems International, HSE Global, Longitude6, FactorC and Nth Degree.

We look forward to welcoming you in Sydney catching up in person.

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