By Rebecca Hyde, Workplace Compliance Advisor at ClinLegal in Adelaide. Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Hons) and a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology). Employers have an obligation to make reasonable attempts to accommodate the needs of an employee who is a breastfeeding mother. When an employee returns to work after being […]
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Commencing 12 March 2014, significant privacy law reform changes were made to the Privacy Act 1988; demanding privacy standards comply with Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). These changes affect all health service providers handling personal information in any form (e.g. paper, electronic, visual such as x-rays, and audio records). Health service providers are strongly advised to
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All businesses change over time, including health practices. Change can mean an alteration to the roles and responsibilities of staff at all levels of management, includingexecutive directors and senior practising staff. Considerations need to be made regarding the effect that staffchanges will make on existing employee contracts. Employment contracts need to be flexible and can bechanged
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