WorkPlacePLUS and Speech Pathology Australia: Celebrating 10 Years of Partnership
- WorkPlacePLUS
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In 2025, Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) and WorkPlacePLUS (WPP) proudly celebrate ten years of working together to support the speech pathology profession.
What began as a collaborative effort to provide expert HR guidance to SPA members has grown into a trusted and enduring partnership, grounded in shared values, mutual respect, and a deep commitment to Australia’s allied health community.
Over the past decade, WorkPlacePLUS has become a go-to source of HR and workplace relations support for SPA members, delivering practical, timely advice across all stages of professional life, from early career to established practice ownership.
A decade of impact
Together, SPA and WPP have elevated SPA members' benefits and achieved many milestones worth celebrating:
🔹Hundreds of hours of free HR advice to SPA members through WPP’s dedicated HR/IR advisory line.
🔹30+ articles and podcast contributions, including regular workplace relation articles in Speak Out and popular interviews on the Speak Up Podcast.
🔹COVID-19 support during the challenges of the pandemic, including advice, checklists, fact sheets and webinars to help members navigate public health orders, vaccination mandates and employer/employee rights and responsibilities.
🔹Regular HR bulletins and FAQs in SPA’s National eNews, ensuring SPA members receive important compliance updates and reminders.
🔹Webinars on key HR topics relevant to current workplace issues impacting SPA members.
🔹Eight years of private practice and early career seminars, empowering members with the knowledge and confidence to navigate workplace challenges.
🔹Ready 4 Work video series for recent graduates, featuring expert insights from Anna Pannuzzo, Director and Principal HR Consultant at WPP.
🔹e-Learning module contributions, making expert HR content available on demand.
🔹Regular reviews and updates to SPA’s Private Practice Policies and Procedures Manual.
🔹Internal HR support for SPA when needed, strengthening both member and organisational outcomes.
A decade of building trust
As we celebrate this 10-year milestone, we’re especially proud of the trust developed between WPP and SPA.
To SPA members, it’s been a privilege to support you throughout your careers, providing timely, practical, and relevant advice when it’s needed most. Thank you for allowing us into your businesses, your workplaces, and your professional lives, sharing your challenges, and allowing us to walk alongside you through important decisions and complex situations.
We’re honoured to be the voice on the other end of the line when questions arise, and to be able to offer peace of mind in navigating workplace laws and practice management issues. Being a source of reliable, practical advice is a responsibility we never take lightly. Thank you for letting us support your professional speech pathology journey.
HR expertise, tailored for SPA members
WPP offers outsourced HR support to SPA members at every level of practice. Whether it’s a quick query about pay rates or complex advice around workplace change, SPA members can rely on professional, compliant, best practice support.
A sample of areas of support which may be of interest to SPA members include:
pay rates, awards and classifications
employment contracts and independent contractor agreements
post-contractual obligations
HR systems, policies and processes
leave entitlements, hybrid and flexible work options
serious incidents, misconduct and performance management
WHS and psychological safety
performance and change management.
Find out more
For more information, contact WorkPlacePLUS today.
