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• Conducting workshops and training programs on the new legislation and its operational implications for managers. members of workplace relations committees, HR practitioners, or employees generally

• Advising management on the strategic, tactical and technical issues requiring consideration in the run-up to the negotiation of new enterprise agreements

• Examining ‘template’ or individually drafted agreements and recommending changes to ensure Fair Work Act compliance.

Managers/HR Professionals Workshop
Issues covered in our Workshop for Managers and HR professionals include:

Overview:

• The background to the new legislation and its underpinning principles

• The new framework of tribunals and their roles

• Using the National Employment Standards

• Types and usage of agreements under the new Act

• The agreement making process

• Role of bargaining representatives and staff communications

• Industrial action, dispute resolution and unfair dismissal

• Termination of agreements

• The Government’s policy parameters for agreement making.

Strategic Issues

The Workshop is highly interactive and makes use of, Round Table and Panel discussions with experts in the field, to develop practical and strategically sound approaches to the new era of employment regulation that can be applied within your organisation.

These workshops are available to all employers at an off-site training venue. The Workshops can also be made available as an in-house course if an employer has 10 or more participants

Staff Information Sessions

These information sessions are designed to provide staff with a basic overview of Fair Work Act with particular emphasis on their rights and obligations under the Act with respect to agreement making and changed employment conditions.

These sessions are held on-site within an employer’s training facilities and are scheduled to run for approximately 2 hours

Presenters and advisers

Our workshop and information training sessions have been developed by HBA Consulting in response to feedback from our clients.  Each program is presented by senior consultants of HBA who between them bring over 60 years experience in 'hands on' workplace relations and senior management in the public sector.