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Recorded Webinar:

NDIS providers face unique challenges when a worker’s illness, injury or impairment affects their ability to perform their role safely. Decisions about capacity are not just employment matters — they directly impact participant safety, regulatory compliance and organisational risk
PRESENTED BY Alon Januszewicz Executive Legal Counsel - Health Legal , Melbourne

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About the Webinar

NDIS providers face unique challenges when a worker’s illness, injury or impairment affects their ability to perform their role safely. Decisions about capacity are not just employment matters — they directly impact participant safety, regulatory compliance and organisational risk. This session examines how providers can navigate these competing obligations and implement a defensible approach to managing staff capacity. It covers:

  • The intersection of disability discrimination law, Fair Work Act protections, workers’ compensation and WHS duties in a care environment
  • How to assess whether a worker can safely perform the inherent requirements of their role in the context of participant-facing services
  • Why generic position descriptions are often inadequate, and how to define role requirements in practice
  • The rules around obtaining and using medical information, including privacy and confidentiality obligations
  • The process required before concluding a worker cannot perform their role, including consideration of reasonable adjustments
  • How to balance employee rights with participant safety and NDIS Practice Standards obligations
  • Common mistakes providers make when managing ill or injured staff — and how to avoid them 

Presented By

Alon Januszewicz
Executive Legal Counsel, Health Legal Melbourne, Vic.

Alon provides expert and practical advice to health sector clients about complying with their statutory and contractual obligations and managing legal risks around those issues. In addition, Alon has extensive experience assisting health sector clients in negotiating commercial agreements and advising about their rights under those agreements.

Alon’s commercial experience includes drafting and providing advice about IT contracts, tendering and procurement agreements and government funding agreements. When a dispute arises, Alon works with clients to resolve the dispute.

In addition, Alon has experience providing advice to statutory authorities and research alliances about their compliance with privacy and record keeping obligations.

Alon’s litigation experience includes representing health sector clients in a range of courts and tribunals such as FOI proceedings before VCAT, in family maintenance actions before the Supreme Court of Victoria, in resisting subpoenas and in appearing before a Royal Commission.

Alon’s in-house counsel experience includes delivering training as well as providing commercial and regulatory compliance advice to boards and executive management.

Prior to joining Health Legal, Alon was Senior Legal Adviser to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. He has previous experience as a senior legal officer in the Attorney-General’s Department and as a Research Associate to the Federal Court of Australia.

Alon has a Masters degree in Law and is also a member of the New York Bar having passed the New York Bar exam.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is suitable for disability service providers – Australia wide. This webinar is for practitioners with some knowledge in this area and looking to improve their knowledge.

CPD Information

Lawyers can claim up to 1 CPD unit/point – substantive law. This webinar has been designed to run for 1 hour, however, webinar lengths can vary depending on the level of questions and discussion.

WA lawyers – Please note that TEN is unable to verify your completion of recorded webinars to the Legal Practice Board of WA. TEN is an accredited provider.

While TEN takes all reasonable care to include accurate and up-to-date information regarding CPD category classifications and compliance obligations, information regarding CPD point allocation are provided as a guide only. Allocation of CPD points is subject to the CPD requirements of your jurisdiction, personal circumstances and professional requirements. You are solely responsible for determining whether a particular product is appropriate for your CPD requirements.

Enquiries/Assistance

If you need assistance or have an enquiry, please do not hesitate to contact our Webinar Coordinator, Jason Hooker on (03) 8601 7709 or email: [email protected]

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