About this Event
There have been numerous changes during 2023 and 2024 to workplace laws that will affect how you operate your business. As an employer, it can be challenging to stay up to date and to navigate ongoing changes.
Fruit Growers Tasmania are delivering regional workshops in Devonport, Hobart and Launceston, to help growers and their business support staff to understand how these changes affect their business and their staff.
Topics being covered during these workshops will include:
- recent changes to the Fair Work Act
- upcoming changes to the Fair Work Act
- upcoming changes to the PALM scheme
- cessation of Harvest Trail Services
- seasonal mental health awareness and the effects on productivity
Sharing their knowledge will be:
- Amanda Higgins (Fair Farms)
- Steve Burdette (Approved Employers Australia)
- Rural Alive & Well (RAW)
About Fair Farms
Fair Farms supports and guides employers through all elements of the workplace, WHS and social compliance issues and provides practical solutions to common problems and helps deliver market access and enhance recruitment opportunities.
Fair Farms is a national training and certification program focused on employment, WHS and social compliance for growers and operators in the horticulture industry. Fair Farms has almost 600 sites and 15,000 workers participating in the Fair Farms Program with over 200 now fully certified for up to three years.
Find out more: https://fairfarms.com.au/
About Approved Employers of Australia
Approved Employers of Australia Ltd provides support to its members to inform, educate and advocate on their behalf, assisting with the Seasonal Work Program, Pacifica Labour Scheme, and other similar employment programs.
Find out more: https://www.approvedemployersofaustralia.com.au/
About Rural Alive & Well (RAW)
RAW is a ‘non-clinical’ service providing genuine and non-intrusive one-on-one support using a person-centred shared goals approach.
RAW's programs operate statewide in rural and remote Tasmanian locations. All programs operate with the same underlying suicide prevention framework.
Find out more: https://ruralaliveandwell.com.au/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
C3 Convention Centre, 64 Anglesea Street, South Hobart, Australia
AUD 0.00 to AUD 30.00
