Fundamentals of WR

Building a positive and productive workplace

Australian workplace legislation is designed to provide a safety net of minimum entitlements, enable flexible working arrangements, and provide fairness at work and prevent discrimination against employees.

Complying with workplace legislation, including the Fair Work Act and modern Awards, can be complex and difficult to keep up with, especially when regulations are rapidly changing.

Training Program

This full day session provides an overview of the fundamental concepts regarding workplace relations and how to keep up with regulation changes. Topics include:

• Pay and conditions including entitlements
• Health and safety
• Right of entry
• Fundamentals of Enterprise Agreements

Each topic will cover best practice policy and procedures to keep your business compliant, help you reduce risk of litigation and provide guidance on how to avoid common mistakes.

All sessions include an interactive component.

Time	Activity
9:15am – 9:30am	Registration
9:30am – 10:00am	Introduction and training overview
10:00 – 11:15	Session 1: Pay and Conditions – Drafting employment contracts and avoiding common mistakes (40 ordinary hour week instead of 38, pay secrecy and fixed-term limitations) – Annualised salary/all-purpose hourly rate arrangements – how do they work? – Accurately interpreting wage and allowances rates under an Award or Enterprise Agreement – Practical activities: a) Review a typical employment contract and identify the errors b) A practical review of a union pattern Enterprise Agreement (differences to look out for compared to Award)
11:15am – 11:30am	Break and reflection on Session 1
11:30am – 12:45pm	Session 2: Health and Safety Policies and procedures – why you should have them and how to develop clear and conscise documents Safe Work Method Statements ( SWMS) – why you should have them and what can go wrong when they are not in place Workplace Manslaughter Practical activity – Reviewing a sample SWMS and identifying mistakes and the potential areas of future liability
12:45pm – 1:15pm	Lunch and reflection on Session 2
1:15pm – 2:30pm	Session 3: Right of Entry Training Identifying the 3 permitted reasons union officials can access a workplace or jobsite. Entry permit requirements and obligations on both union officials and employers. Strategies to manage confrontational entries. Practical activity a) Scenarios review and whether entry is permitted (federal permit, state ARREO permit, OHS reasons etc) b) Short simulation demonstration
2:30pm – 2:45pm	Break and reflection on Session 3
2:45pm – 4:00pm	Session 4: Enterprise Agreement Fundamentals How can an Enterprise Agreement benefit you? Overview, including quick recap of recent changes Overview of set up process, requirements, approximate timeframes etc. Practical activity – What can and can’t be done under an Enterprise Agreement.
4:00pm – 4:30pm	Reflection and wrap up

For more information or to book call 1300 445 687