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Event Details

9:00 am - 9:15 amRegistration:  Arrival tea/coffee & light breakfast
9:15 am - 12:30 pm Seminar (including a short morning tea break)


Who should attend?

Any doctors (or their practice managers) who:

  • employ staff directly or are involved in staffing decisions for their practice (with or without a practice manager);
  • intend to hire new staff or renegotiate any new staff contracts/arrangements soon;
  • haven’t reviewed their employees’ contracts for a while (or who don’t have any in place); and/or
  • aren’t aware of their compliance obligations under the Fair Work Act and/or Modern Awards.

Participants will:

  • Learn about the key risks for practice principals under the Fair Work Act, including personal liability for civil penalties (eg, for sole trader doctors, company directors, key decision makers and anyone else ‘involved in’ breaches of the Act or Awards);
  • Identify key strategies for managing those risks, including identifying the key compliance obligations under the Fair Work Act, and assessing whether or how their own practice meets them;
  • Learn how to read, understand and comply with the two key Modern Awards that apply to employed practice staff; and
  • Review and discuss AMA (NSW)’s suite of contracts for private practice employees, including:
    • how they help protect your practice
    • how to access them
    • what they say (and why)
    • which one to choose (and when)
    • how to implement them in a manner appropriate for your practice
    • the importance of ongoing review of contracts.


Other dates/venues for this seminar:
Friday, 11 September 2020 - St Leonards
Friday, 9 October 2020 - Wollongong
Friday, 20 November 2020 - Wagga Wagga

Please note:

  • Cancellation Policy:  If you cancel prior to 5:00 pm on Tuesday, 18th February 2020 you will receive a full refund.  
  • Cancellations can be made via phone to AMA (NSW) Event Coordinator Jenni Noble on 9902 8140 or email events@amansw.com.au
  • Refunds will not be provided if you do not let us know you will not be attending or advise us after 5:00 pm on Tuesday, 18th February 2020.
  • This event will only proceed if we reach a viable number of registrations prior to Friday, 7 February 2020.  Should the event not proceed because of low registration numbers, all payments will be refunded.  Please contact us before booking non-refundable / non-transferable flights or accommodation.
Refund Policy

Refunds up to 3 days before the event, Cancellation Policy: If you cancel prior to 5:00 pm on Tuesday, 18th February 2020 you will receive a full refund. Cancellations can be made via phone to AMA (NSW) Event Coordinator Jenni Noble on 9902 8140 or email events@amansw.com.au

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Location
Rydges Norwest

1 Columbia court BAULKHAM HILLS NSW 2153, Australia


Organiser Information

Jenni Noble
Australian Medical Association (NSW)
02 9439 8822

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