Recorded Webinar: Managing a Flexible Workplace with Inflexible Staff

Employers and employees alike value flexibility in the workplace. However, a key challenge can be managing roles which require flexibility, such as shift work, with casual and part time staff who have inflexible requirements. Employers are often left asking: ‘How can I lawfully gain flexibility out of inflexible staff?’ This session provides the answers:

• Identifying inflexibility issues: family responsibilities, sick leave and absences, inability to work particular rosters

• To what extent do employers need to make exceptions for staff? What sort of reasonable adjustments are required?

• When is flexibility an inherent requirement of the job?

• Identifying potential legal risks when failing to accommodate inflexibility:

  • discrimination claims

  • general protection claims

• Case law update