Programme
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This conference took place on 1st December 2004. If you would like to order copies of the speaker's slide presentations, you can still do this using the booking page here.
******************************************** A practical and informative one-day conference to understand the impact of the new HSE Management Standards (launched in November 2004) and an analysis of how employers should respond.
8.45 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 - 9.40
Introduction by Conference Chair
Dr. Mike Goldsmith, Deputy Chairman
Commercial Occupational Health Providers Association (COHPA)
9.40 - 10.00
Keynote Address
Rt. Hon. Jane Kennedy, Minister of State for Work
10.00 - 10.20
Update on New HSE Management Standards
Elizabeth Gyngell OBE, Head of Better Working Division & Programme Manager - Management Standards
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
- How ill the HSE Management Standards affect HR policy?
- How can an employer implement the new standards into policy
10.20 - 10.40
The Business Case - Assessing the Cost of Workplace Stress
Janet Asherson, Head of Environment, Health and Safety Group, Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
- Gaining a competitive advantage by assessing workplace stress
10.40 - 11.20
Q&A Session followed by Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
11.20 - 11.40
Legal Update on Stress in the Workplace
Chris Seaton, Head of Employment and Partner
Burges-Salmon Law
- Employers' legal risks and responsibilities - update after House of Lords and Hatton
- What steps can employers take to minimise the risk of claims
11.40 - 12.00
Dispute Resolution Regulations 2004 - the New Law from 1st October 2004
Mark Mansell, Partner
Allen and Overy LLP's Employment Law Practice
- Dismissal, discplinary action and grievances in the workplace
- How do these new regulations affect human resources policies?
12.00 - 12.20
Managing a Stress-Related Tribunal
Neil Goodrum, Head of Employment Law
McCormicks Solicitors
- How to avoid a tribunal and what to do when it is unavoidable
- The next steps in a stress-related tribunal - assessing the issues
12.20 - 1.40
Q&A Session followed by Lunch, Networking and Exhibition
1.40 - 2.00
New Developments in the Assessment and Management of Stress Risks
Alan Bradshaw, Director
In Equilibrium Stress Consultancy
- Comparing stress risk assessment with stress risk management
- Ongoing 'systems' approaches to managing stress risks
2.00 - 2.20
Employee Assistance Programmes - Counselling and Advice Services
Dr. Michael Reddy, Chairman
ICAS (Independent Counselling and Advice Services)
- Stress and nonsense in stress management - what do 1 million calls to a stress helpline tell you?
- The employer's perspective
- The clinician's perspective
2.20 - 2.40
Stress-related Absence Management - Tackling the Sick-note Epidemic
Sharon Lyons, Managing Director
CIGNA
- Stress-related absence and the real cost to employers
- Reducing absence and introducing new solutions
2.40 - 3.20
Q&A Session followed by Coffee, Networking and Exhibition
3.20 - 3.40
The Impact of Employee Assistance Programmes -
Case Study One
Adriana Summers, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Co-Director of MA in Counselling Counselling Studies- University of Manchester, & Managing Director, Anderson Summers Ltd.
- Workplace counselling - is this the best stress management tool?
- Case Studies - examples of intervention and the results
3.40 - 4.00
Recruiting for Resilience - Case Study
Jacqui McDonald, Director of Corporate Recruitment UK/US
GlaxoSmithKline
- GSK's recruitment tools - emotional competence in a demanding work environment
- Have the new recruitment tools yielded positive results?
4.00 - 4.20
The Role of Occupational Health in Stress Management
Dr. Geoff Helliwell, Chairman
Commercial Occupational Health Providers Association (COHPA)
- The importance of occupational health in reducing workplace stress
4.20 - 4.30
Q & A Session
4.30 - 4.40
Summary and Conclusion by Conference Chair
Close of Conference, Networking and Exhibition
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