Industrial Relations: A fair workplace – treating people right!

The Federal Government’s new Industrial Relations legislative reform roll outs in 2023 are large scale and are likely to create additional and significant impositions and costly reset for many businesses.

How to navigate through and operate in these new minefields will be extremely challenging for employers as they are legally required to address, for example:

• Multi-Employer Bargaining
• Roping-In to Existing Agreements
• Underpayment Small Claims ceiling expansion to $100,000
• Zombie Enterprise Agreements
• Fixed-Term and Maximum-Term Contracts
• Pay Secrecy Ban
• Wage Theft – Unpaid and Underpaid
• Workplace safety and protection of Staff and Employers

To assist employers with these highly challenging and costly reforms, Thompson Reuters is bringing together a group of exceptionally skilled, best practice I.R. Specialists. The emphasis is on:

• What are the challenges, 
• How to address the complexities, and 
• Critical requirements to help employers navigate through this new minefield of IR reforms.

Agenda

9:00AM

Welcome Address by the Chair

The Honourable Pru Goward, AO

9:10AM

What does the new Fair Work legislation mean for workplace safety?

- Employer and the treatment of Staff

- How has it changed and what are the unknowns

Seyfarth

9:45AM

What does a respectful workplace look like?

Some simple test to run over your workplace protocols and procedures to make sure you are meeting the mark.

Maddocks

10:20AM

Structured Workplace Arrangements to provide best protection for staff and employers

- Contracts

- Grievance procedures

- Dispute handling

- Transparency and awareness raising

- Awareness Raising

AI Group

10:55AM - Morning tea

11:25AM

Panel Session: What would you do if?

Seyfarth; Maddocks; AI Group

12:15PM - Networking Lunch

1:15PM

Secure Jobs Better Pay 

- What are the changes and due dates?

- How is bargaining changing?

- What is/ will be the impact on small business for bargaining etc

- Multi - Employer bargaining

- Zombie Enterprise Agreements

Minter Ellison

1:50PM

Case Law Developments

 - What is the aftermath of the High Court cases from 2022 on contractors and labour hire - How is the law playing out.

 - What is the interaction between the cases and Secure Jobs Better Pay?

Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors

2:25PM

Hypothetical Case Situation – working afternoon tea

Dismissal / After-hours conduct /Working from Home

3:00PM

Close of Conference by Chair

The Honourable Pru Goward, AO

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