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EXPERT SPEAKERS:• Cecil Fernandes, Human Resources Manager and National Workplace Investigator, Metcash Trading Limited• Damian Sloan, Senior Legal Counsel-Workplace Relations, Toll Group • Natascha Boehm, Legal Counsel - Employee Relations HR, Coles• Jackie Ntatsopoulos, Head of Performance & Culture, Domestic Customer Experience, Qantas• Gerald Richardson, Director Employee Relations, Thales Group• Joanne Kearney, Executive Manager, Human Resources Personal Insurance Distribution, Suncorp • Michael O’Sullivan, Director Employee Relations and Equity, University Melbourne • Richard Calver, National Director, Industrial Relations and Legal Counsel, Master Builders Australia • Chris Turner, Group Manager Employee Relations and HR Compliance, Adecco Australia • Renato Marasco, Head of Employee Relations, Royal Automobile Club Victoria • Nick Ruskin, Partner, K&L Gates • George Haros, Director, Blue Rock Law • Louise Houlihan, Partner and Head of Employment & Industrial Relations, Cornwall Stodart • Elizabeth Aitken, Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety Lawyer, Tress Cox• Hugh McPherson, Managing Director, Broad Reach Employee Relations• Gavin Sharp, Director, Novoture • Sean Jameson, Manager Human Resources, Taxi Services Commission Victoria • Sally Jope, Executive Officer, Economic Security for Women • Leanne Sumpter, Workforce Services Consultant, Victorian TAFE Association

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Industrial RelationsEffective Industrial Relations under 2014 Liberal legislative reform

25 - 27 JUNE 2014 STAMFORD PLAZA

MELBOURNE

KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Understand the impact of new laws and the strengthened powers of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) including the 2014 bullying laws • Learn best practice in claims related risk mitigating processes, procedures and organisational models • Learn to conduct legally sound terminations of long term ill or injured employees • Refresh your Enterprise Bargaining abilities for upcoming ending Enterprise Agreements of 2014 • Understand and learn to manage the complexities of mental health and employee wellbeing

Great opportunity to learn from real experiences in other organisations. Topical and Critical

Susan Stevens, Director of Performance & Environment, Compliance, ATO

WHAT OUR PAST DELEGATES HAVE TO SAY

The 2 days energised me and gave me clarity about our next steps in the IR arena

Wendy Schultz, A/Deputy Director, Lutheran Community Care

Relevant topics, great informative speakers, great networking opportunity

Jacki Manser, Employee Relations Consultant, RACV

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2:40 Afternoon Tea

3:10 Reducing bullying and harassment claims during performance management • Reducing the risk of adverse action during performance management under increased bullying jurisdictions of FWA 2014 • Navigating difficult conversations in performance management effectively • What if adverse action is brought against an IR manager? Enhancing negotiations techniques for IR managers under bullying and harassment laws • Techniques for claims reduction: bystander intervention and creating an anti-bullying mindset Jackie Ntatsopoulos, Head of Performance & Culture, Domestic Customer Experience, Qantas

3:50 Mitigating workforce issues through a decentralised employee relations model • Abilities and benefits of a decentralised model: increased responsiveness, safeguarding against claims and actions, cultural flexibility • Assessing business needs and objectives and aligning these with IR/HR approaches • Mitigating risk during the transition between centralised and decentralised models • Ensuring adequate support in either model: leveraging the use of technology against degradation of service provision Chris Turner, Group Manager Employee Relations and HR Compliance, Adecco Australia

4:30 Closing remarks from the Chair and conference adjourns

DAY TWO: THURSDAY, 26th JUNE 20148:00 Registration opens9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair George Haros, Director, Blue Rock Law

NEGOTIATIONS & DISPUTE RESOLUTION9:10 CASE STUDY Enterprise Bargaining: long term strategy • Understanding legal frameworks impacting your EBA now and into the future • Identifying current and developing negotiation techniques and strategy • Effectively reviewing and leveraging previous Enterprise Bargaining Agreements • Negotiating the update of bargaining processes • Case study example Michael O’Sullivan, Director Employee Relations and Equity, University Melbourne

9:50 Conducting workplace investigations under the Fair Work Act in 2014 • The do’s and don’ts of conducting an investigation • The problems associated with conducting inadequate investigations • The use of coercive powers by inspectors to obtain information • Recent cases and court rulings Cecil Fernandes, Human Resources Manager and National Workplace Investigator, Metcash Trading Limited

10:30 Morning Tea

DAY ONE: WEDNESDAY, 25th JUNE 20148:00 Registration opens9:00 Opening remarks from the Chair George Haros, Director, Blue Rock Law

WORKPLACE LAW AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE9:10 KEYNOTE CASE STUDY Conducting legally sound dismissals of ill, injured employees • Identifying when an employee’s absence is enough to justify dismissal • Conducting a termination of employment due to an employee’s illness or incapacity • Identifying the rights and responsibilities of an employer when seeking to dismiss ill or injured workers • Identifying possible recourse Damian Sloan, Senior Legal Counsel-Workplace Relations, Toll Group

9:50 Surveillance for employers; ‘Is this being recorded?’ • Jurisdictions of legislation governing the covert surveillance of employees: The Workplace Surveillance Act 2005 • How can these recordings be used against you or your organisation? • What can you do to mitigate this risk? Elizabeth Aitken, Employment, Industrial Relations & Safety Lawyer, Tress Cox

10:30 Morning Tea

11:00 Planning for the evolution of Fair Work policy under the Coalition: what to expect in 2014 and beyond • Review of the Coalition Government Election promises on Fair Work policy • Overview of amendments to the Fair Work Act to date • Summary of further legislative changes to expect during this term and beyond Louise Houlihan, Partner and Head of Employment & Industrial Relations, Cornwall Stodart

11:40 PANEL DISCUSSION Has Enterprise Bargaining become a fruitless exercise? • Are employers really achieving productivity through enterprise bargaining or other means? • Delegates discuss with the expert panel, the process of Enterprise Bargaining and its relativity in the quickly changing modern workplace Panellists: Leanne Sumpter, Workforce Services Consultant, Victorian TAFE Association Gerald Richardson, Director Employee Relations, Thales Group Elizabeth Aitken, Industrial Relations Lawyer, Tress Cox

12:20 Luncheon

1:20 Social media policy and legality • Ensuring Social Media policy and legal framework harmony • Effectively managing social media policy breach and recourse • Conduct: Personal vs Private usage • Minimising social media related public relations risks in BYOD environments • Rolling out the policy to educate employees of their responsibilities and rights under the policy Renato Marasco, Head of Employee Relations, RACV Limited

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY2:00 Understanding workforce metrics and delivering innovative solutions • Identifying measurable factors to recognise the drivers of employee engagement and productivity • Understanding changing work preferences and flexible work options • Building an innovative Employee Value Proposition that benefits employees, customers and the business Joanne Kearney, Executive Manager, Human Resources, Personal Insurance Distribution, Suncorp

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11:00 Enforcing restraints of trade in contracts drafting and legal responses to their breach • Preventative measures in reducing senior staff poaching: effectively enforcing restraints of trade in contract drafting • Responding to staff poaching: Proving breach of restraints of trade & interlocutory injunctions • Understanding goodwill, confidentiality and the protection of trade secrets Natascha Boehm, Legal Counsel - Employee Relations HR, Coles

11:40 DEBATE Pay equity and mandatory reporting As of 2014, private sector employers with more than 100 employees are now obligated to report to Workplace Gender Equality Agency on gender ‘equality indicators’ each year to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency to promote pay equity between genders. • Is mandatory the reporting of equality indicators, and promotion of awareness enough to deliver equity to the private sector? • How can flexible work agreements help to deliver increased pay equity? Sally Jope, Executive Officer, Economic Security for Women Please see website for speaker

12:20 Luncheon

1:20 CASE STUDY Employee relations during organisational change • Effectively managing redundancies during the change process • Reducing conflict and dispute through authentic workforce consultation • Redefining employer and employee relationships to reduce union interference in change • Ensuring transparency and engagement with employees throughout the change process Sean Jameson, Manager Human Resources, Taxi Services Commission Victoria

WORKPLACE COMPLIANCE2:00 New anti-bullying regime of the Fair Work Commission • Understanding what constitutes bullying under the new jurisdiction • Procedures that will be followed upon lodgement of a claim • What orders the commission can make • What are the likely implications for employers of the new jurisdiction • How has the fair work commission approached its new jurisdiction? • Best practices in managing bullying claims made under the new jurisdiction Nick Ruskin, Partner, K&L Gates

2:40 Afternoon Tea

3:10 Managing the complexities of mental health in the workplace • Psychological injury and addressing your duty of care • Strategies in increasing productivity through active mental health wellness promotion • Developing mentally healthy workplace cultures through accountable policy creation • Delivering psychologically sound performance management • Dealing with bullying claims where mental health issues present Gerald Richardson, Director Employee Relations, Thales Group

3:50 Lawful Right of Entry 2014 • Examining unlawful entries and unlawful industrial activity under Right of Entry in 2014 • Where permit holders can and cannot hold interviews and discussions: lunch room access and its impacts • Occupiers’ accommodation and transport obligations and the rights of the permit holder • Disputing right of entry via ‘Undue convenience’ claims • Case examples Richard Calver, National Director, Industrial Relations and Legal Counsel, Master Builders Australia

4:30 Closing remarks from the Chair and conference closes

POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS:DAY THREE: FRIDAY, 27th JUNE 2014

WORKSHOP A: 9:00- 12:30Bullying? It was just an accidentThis workshop will examine behaviour in the workplace and incidence of ‘unintentional or accidental bullies’ using a case study based approach. Other elements such as harassment and discrimination will be discussed as well as best techniques for managing conversations with the ‘accidental’ bully. • Assessing workplace boundaries • The forms that bullying and harassment take • The new legislation and what this means to your business • Difficult scenarios for the manager • The escalation of conflict • Communicating with the bully Gavin Sharp, Director, Novoture

WORKSHOP B: 1:30- 5:00Evaluating corporate partnerships and acquisitions from an ER perspective: the importance of employment compliance when performing due diligenceAttend Evaluating corporate partnerships and acquisitions from an ER perspective with Hugh McPherson and Kerryn Dillon from Broad Reach Employee Relations and learn about the importance of identifying and understanding employment compliance within businesses targeted for partnership or acquisition. This workshop provides insights into the technical challenges, cultural sensitivities and prospective pitfalls that can exist when purchasing an existing employer or establishing new employment arrangements under a joint venture. • Explore the challenges of the Fair Work Act’s Transmission of Business provisions • Detail important considerations when looking at various agreement making options for ‘new’ employers • Evaluate methods for the assessment of existing employment structures in a target employer • Explain landmarks in an ER strategy focused on bringing two into one • Use real client case studies to explain issues in context

Hugh McPherson, Managing Director, Broad Reach Employee Relations Kerryn Dillon, Director, Broad Reach Employee Relations

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