BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.2//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:New Zealand Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20230402T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=3;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=4 TZNAME:New Zealand Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230901T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=9 TZNAME:New Zealand Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Date recorded: Thursday 9 April 2020\nSuitable for: All New Zea land Medical Protection members\n\nJoin Dr Tim Cookson\, Medical Adviser\, Medical Protection and Murray Grant\, Special Counsel\, Wotton + Kearney\ , for a one-hour recorded webinar focussed on the challenges to employment and workplace safety arising as a consequence of COVID-19. \n\nDuring the recorded webinar\, Murray Grant\, will clarify the obligations of healthc are providers in the current COVID-19 environment and share practical step s that can be taken to address the challenges that are being faced daily.\ n\nA large proportion of our community is now in lockdown. While hospitals and medical practices remain open to provide services\, the demand for th ese services and the way in which they are now provided has changed consid erably. Healthcare providers are facing significant challenges and issues that include:\n\n&bull\; \; \;  \;obligations where appropriat e PPE is unavailable and workplace safety generally\,\n&bull\; \;  \;  \;consequences for employees/contractors where there is insufficie nt work and determining what options are available\, and \n&bull\; \;& nbsp\;  \;obligations generally owed to employees/contractors by emplo yers and vice versa.\n\nThe Government has sought to alleviate some of the lockdown cash flow issues and to assist employers to retain staff during this unprecedented situation. Though\, how the subsidies interact with emp loyer rights and obligations can be confusing. \n\nWebinar objectives\n\n \n Gain an understanding of the challenges to employment and workpla ce safety arising as a consequence of COVID-19 and receive practical advic e about how to address these challenges.\n \n\nGuest speaker\nMurray Gr ant\, Special Counsel at Wotton + Kearney\, has considerable experience ad vising clients in the healthcare sector on legal and insurance issues\, em ployment law\, health and safety\, and commercial litigation. He assists h ealthcare professionals indemnified by MPS with medicolegal and regulatory issues in New Zealand. \n Murray has a wealth of knowledge about litigati on strategies gained during his 12 years as a barrister in England and Wal es\, where he represented clients in employment tribunals\, courts and in mediations.\n\nHow to view this recording on Prism\nLogin and watch the re corded webinar\n\n\nOr if you don&rsquo\;t have a Prism online learning ac count:\n\nActivate your Prism account\nand go to &lsquo\;Find Learning&rsq uo\; and select &lsquo\;Webinars&rsquo\;.\n DTEND:20200409T080000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T151325Z DTSTART:20200409T070000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Recorded webinar: COVID-19: Employment Law Consequences (NZ) UID:RFCALITEM638472356052861756 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Date recorded: Thursday 9 April 202
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\nSuitable for: All New Zealand Medical Protection members
\n
Join Dr Tim C
ookson\, Medical Adviser\, Medical Protection and Murray Grant\, Special C
ounsel\, Wotton + Kearney\, for a one-hour recorded webinar focussed on th
e challenges to employment and workplace safety arising as a consequence o
f COVID-19.
\n
\nDuring the recorded webinar\, Murray Grant\, w
ill clarify the obligations of healthcare providers in the current COVID-1
9 environment and share practical steps that can be taken to address the c
hallenges that are being faced daily.
\n
\nA large proportion of
our community is now in lockdown. While hospitals and medical practices r
emain open to provide services\, the demand for these services and the way
in which they are now provided has changed considerably. Healthcare provi
ders are facing significant challenges and issues that include:
\n
\n&bull\; \; \;  \;obligations where appropriate PPE is una
vailable and workplace safety generally\,
\n&bull\; \; \; &nb
sp\;consequences for employees/contractors where there is insufficient wor
k and determining what options are available\, and
\n&bull\; \;&
nbsp\;  \;obligations generally owed to employees/contractors by emplo
yers and vice versa.
\n
\nThe Government has sought to alleviate
some of the lockdown cash flow issues and to assist employers to retain s
taff during this unprecedented situation. Though\, how the subsidies inter
act with employer rights and obligations can be confusing.
\n
\
nWebinar objectives
Gain an understanding of the challenges to employment and workplace safety arising as a consequence of COVID-19 and receive practica l advice about how to address these challenges.
\nMurray Grant\, Special Counsel at Wotton + Kearney \, has considerable experience advising clients in the healthcare sector o n legal and insurance issues\, employment law\, health and safety\, and co mmercial litigation. He assists healthcare professionals indemnified by MP S with medicolegal and regulatory issues in New Zealand.
\nMurray has a wealth of knowledge about litigation strategies gained during his 12 years as a barrister in England and Wales\, where he represented clients in employment tribunals\, courts and in mediations.
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