Enterprise Agreement Making

Australian Business Lawyers and the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney are proud to present our Enterprise Agreement Making course for 2010. This essential one-day program aims to furnish you with all the fundamentals as you gear up for the forthcoming collective bargaining round.

Whether you have some or no experience engaging with trade union or other employee representatives, this may be the first time you have needed to negotiate under the Fair Work Act. Now is the time to deepen your foundation knowledge - including of the threats and opportunities thrown up by the new laws - in readiness for the critical planning and implementation phases of your organisation's negotiating strategy.

Save $75 & another $65 !
Save $75 by attending both morning and afternoon sessions on 28 April.
Also receive on the day the newly-released Enterprise Bargaining handbook, valued at $65.

Course registration options

Enterprise Agreement Making - legal, strategy, planning & negotiation essentials (entire course)

A discounted course fee is available if you attend the full-day program.

Enterprise Agreement Making - legal aspects & strategic overview (AM session only)

Enterprise Agreement Making - strategic planning & negotiation skills (PM session only)

Program overview

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Legal aspects & strategic overview (AM session)

The first half of this full-day program will present the building blocks necessary for striking an Enterprise Agreement (EA). Detailed information will be provided about the mandatory processes required to comply with current legislation - when initiating bargaining, during the negotiation phase, surrounding industrial action and when drafting your agreement for ratification. Complementary discussion will centre on negotiating in good faith, union involvement in agreement-making, and seeking or defending bargaining orders before Fair Work Australia and the courts. Significant, recent case law will be explored.

Learning outcomes:

The fundamentals of making an enterprise agreement;
The legal requirements to negotiate and draft an agreement and the process for approval;
Good faith bargaining and union involvement in agreement making.

Strategic planning & negotiation skills

Q&A review session (both PM session)

The second half of the program builds on the earlier legal foundations via an interactive workshop. While you may approach bargaining in the anticipation it can be concluded collaboratively, without resort to external intervention by Fair Work Australia or others, it pays to plan ahead. During the afternoon there will be an opportunity to develop negotiation skills via group role play. You will additionally undertake an exercise to analyse the key challenges associated with planning, then implementing your organisation's EA bargaining strategy.

The day will conclude with a comprehensive review session. This will be an ideal opportunity to seek answers to any outstanding queries you have relating to legal or other challenges you face with your forthcoming enterprise agreement.

Learning outcomes:

How to prepare and implement an enterprise agreement making strategy;
What to research, how to obtain support from management, communication strategies with employees and others, and how to prepare for industrial action;
How to prepare for and commence bargaining;
Develop your negotiation skills via interactive role play;
Draw on the experiences of fellow course delegates from a range of organisations and industries.

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Who should attend

It is recommended your bargaining team attend this Enterprise Agreement Making course, alongside other managers or staff with planning and operational support roles.

The course is suited to those:

with some experience in agreement making and who would like to obtain a greater understanding of the new laws; also those
who have never previously negotiated an enterprise agreement.

Enterprise Agreement Making will especially suit managers, consultants & staff in:

Employee & Workplace Relations / IR
Operations / Policy / Project areas
HR
In-house legal
People / Culture / OD
Business proprietors (SMEs)
Senior management with responsibility for the above areas.

Course presenters

Sharlene Wellard, Partner

Australian Business Lawyers

Sharlene is an experienced advocate and advises clients in many areas of industrial relations and employment law, including industrial disputes, enterprise agreements, underpayment claims, breach of contract claims, discrimination complaints and unfair and unlawful dismissals. Sharlene provides strategic advice to employers in relation to managing workplace change, including advice in the areas of restructuring, redundancies, drafting and implementing policies and employment contracts.

Seymour Maddison, Manager Professional Development & Training

Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney

Seymour's background in human resource management has included roles with a strong IR and employee relations focus, as well as more generalist HR responsibilities. He has extensive experience working in private, not-for-profit and public sectors, in Europe and in Australia, including in strategy & management consulting, government, employment assistance, manufacturing, equity & disability and tertiary education. Seymour's professional passion is devising highly experiential and applied learning and development programs. He has wide experience designing, facilitating and delivering to adult learners, from job seekers with a disability to senior managers.

Amenities

Please note morning and/or afternoon refreshments are included in your course registration fee. Lunch is not provided, however the central CBD venue located between Chinatown and Darling Harbour provides you with plentiful options. Please notify us in advance with any needs you may have and we will do our best to accommodate these. Alternatively feel free to contact the Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour directly on + 61 2 9261 1188.