Description
Lavan Legal will conduct a half day workshop on the basics of negotiating an enterprise agreement in the Federal jurisdiction. The workshop will cover:
- An outline of the legal requirements for enterprise agreement making under the Fair Work Act
- What can be included in enterprise agreements
- The strategies, processes and tactics involved in negotiating an EBA with trade union officials or your employees directly
- Some common negotiating tactics used by union in EBA negotiations
- How to draft, vote on and lodge your enterprise agreement
There will be the opportunity to ask questions during the presentation.
Presenters
Michael Jensen
Senior Associate, Lavan
Michael is a senior member of the Industrial Relations and Employment Law team at Lavan. Before joining Lavan (which was then Phillips Fox) in 1995 Michael spent 7 years working as an industrial advocate for a major Western Australian employer association. Prior to that he worked as a cartographer with an engineering firm, based both in the office and on site.
Michael advises clients on industrial action, unfair dismissals, employment contracts, enterprise bargaining, equal opportunity matters and discrimination issues. He regularly provides advice in relation to disciplinary and dismissal proceedings and represents employers in State and Federal Industrial Commissions and the Equal Opportunity Commission. He has a thorough understanding of the interrelationship between workers compensation claims and employee relations and has previously represented Risk Cover and other insurers at Work Cover.
Michael has broad-based knowledge and experience in the areas of EEO, employee relations and workers compensation. He provides strategic advice on industrial relations, EEO and workers’ compensation issues to public and private sector organisations.
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Date / Time
10 Nov 2016 Starts: 09:00 Finishes: 12:00Delivery Format : In Person