Simplifying Your Industrial Relations Challenges
Every industry or area of expertise has it’s fair share of myths and misconceptions. For better or worse, industrial relations is no different.
As with most myths, they have some foundation in truth. Then end up getting blown out of proportion or distorted by time.
In no particular order are some of the most common myths about industrial relations
Today I talk about enterprise associations and why I think they are ‘the union’ for the 21st century. I discuss what some of the benefits of an enterprise association would be for the employees, and the employer. Make sure you head on over to Industrial Relations Today and join the mailing list to be one of the … Read more
Today’s episode of the IR Simplified podcast continues the series on Unfair Dismissals, this time I am talking about the Employer’s Response to an application for an unfair dismissal remedy. You can read the scenario of John Smith and Acme Widgets here. The employer’s response to John Smith’s application is here You can find the … Read more
Episode 20 of the IR Simplified podcast concludes the nine part series on enterprise agreements with a discussion on FWC Orders.
In this episode I talk about Majority Support Determinations, Scope Orders, Bargaining Orders, and how to avoid them.
The Fair Work Commission Bench Book on Enterprise Agreements is here
Make sure you check out the new course, Understanding IR.
Your enterprise agreement has come back from the Fair Work Commission, all signed off and approved.
Does this mean you can forget about it until just before the nominal expiry date?
In this episode I explain why planning for the next agreement should begin when the current one comes back from the Fair Work Commission.
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Episode 16 of the IR Simplified podcast is back onto the nine part series on enterprise agreements. In this episode I talk about protect industrial action.
I go into a brief discussion about way to prevent it, and to go against popular opinion, I talk about why I think protected industrial action represents a breakdown in communication from the business.
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Episode 15 of the IR Simplified podcast continues the discussion on unlimited personal/carer’s leave.
Following on from the discussion started in episode 10, I go a little deeper into the reasons why I think every business should adopt an unlimited leave policy.
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Episode 14 of the IR Simplified podcast goes into what shouldn’t be in an enterprise agreement.
A previous article written about the charter of workplace delegate’s rights
From the FWC regarding unlawful content
Other articles that I have written regarding Enterprise Agreements are:
Episode 13 of the IR Simplified podcast goes into what should be in an enterprise agreement.
Clauses from the FWC website:
This is episode 2 of the series on Enterprise Agreements.
In this episode I talk about the sending out of the Notice Of Employee Representational Rights you can find a copy here.
I also go into why I think getting a draft agreement signed off is one of the most important things a business must do during the bargaining period.
Other articles that I have written regarding Enterprise Agreements are:
Enterprise Agreements. What Are They?
Planning Your First Enterprise Agreement
In this episode I talk about the cost that sick leave has on the economy, and that we need to move away from the archaic way that we very personal/carer’s leave. It’s time we stopped this allocation of limited days and moved to unlimited sick leave. You can join the discussion on LinkedIn, in the … Read more