Understanding human resources and workplace law

Following the success of Enterprise Bargaining seminars aimed at the Not For Profit Sector, we have extended this seminar to cover all organisations. This seminar will be held in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong.

Most employers in New South Wales are aware that the Fair Work Act introduced many changes to enterprise bargaining. Enterprise bargaining is now one of the most contentious and difficult areas of employment.

Since 1 October 2010 Australia has had a paid parental leave scheme in place for eligible women—and in some cases other primary carers—for a child born on or after 1 January 2011. This seminar addresses the critical issues for employers who need to understand how to correctly administer the scheme from July 2011.

There are various obligations on employers under equal opportunity law including anti-discrimination and harassment. Anti-discrimination legislation makes discrimination and harassment in the workplace unlawful on various grounds. Also, employers can be held vicariously liable for the unlawful acts on their employees. This session identifies the obligations on employers and provides an understanding of the steps an employer must take to comply with those obligations.

Designed For

Human Resource Officers, managers and supervisors.

Content

The Fair Work Act has created an unprecedented blanket of employee protection that employers need to consider in almost all of their business decisions that relate to employees.

Generally the protections for employees have been increased, but the ability of employers to defend their actions has been diminished.

Unfair dismissal exclusions have been removed, union right of entry and discrimination powers have been added and good faith bargaining requirements have effectively reintroduced compulsory bargaining to the workplace.