Event : WRC 2008 Annual Conference
Fri 20th Jun 2008 09:00 am to Fri 20th Jun 2008 04:30 pm
250Kb)| Date: | Friday, 20 June 2008 |
| Time: | 9.00am – 4.30pm |
| Venue: | Hilton, Sydney |
| Price: | Regular $895 – Early Bird - $750 – Student/Academic Price - $200 |
Keynote speaker: Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
This year the WRC's annual conference will bring together leading commentators and policy makers from industry, government agencies, and academia to discuss the challenges for organisations in securing their labour force for the future.
How will organisations address these issues in the changed political and industrial environment?
What policy initiatives should organisations have in place for mature aged workers, women, disadvantaged workers? What needs to happen with regard to skills and learning and achieving the elusive work life balance to ensure organisations secure the workforce they want and need?
These are questions posed and commented on by the conference. It will be an opportunity to hear not only the comment on policy initiatives and the more global state of play, but also practical case studies.
Speakers include:
- Barbara Pocock, University of South Australia
- Jim Barron, CEO, Group Training Australia
- Peter MacDonald, ANU
- Robert Koster, Aspen Pharmacare
- Sarah Squire, HREOC
- Suzanne Colbert, CEO, AEN on Disability
- Lisa Halloran, Retention Partners
- Lisa Morgan, Sparke Helmore Lawyers
Topics include:
- Women at Work
- Strategies to Retain Staff
- Mature Aged at Work
- Skills and Learning
- Disadvantaged at Work
- Work Life Balance
As well as overviews/policy on each topic there will be also be individual case studies