Your Industrial Strategy and Issues
Your industrial strategy is a critical element of your employment framework and how you choose to position your business industrially may be the difference between whether your business is as successful as it can be or not.
Key amongst the choices to be made in an industrial sense are whether your business will rely on an applicable modern award or negotiate an enterprise agreement, and how you manage your relationship with employees and their representatives in respect of the management of workplace issues.
Our experienced lawyers in Canberra can help you to determine the best path for your business.
The MV difference
There are a range of industrial issues that may arise in your business from time to time, particularly if your workforce is unionised. We can help you with responding to matters such as:
- disputes raised by employees or their representatives under industrial instruments or policies
- majority support determinations
- applications for protected action ballot orders, or
- right of entry requests under the Fair Work Act or work health and safety legislation.
Our industrial relations service can help you to:
- integrate workplace arrangements with operational objectives
- diagnose impediments to operational outcomes
- devise appropriate strategies to overcome impediments
- comply with legal obligations
- mitigate industrial relations risks.
In the current environment, many employers are faced with litigation in response to initiatives they have taken. For others, litigation may be necessary to protect the business from debilitating industrial action. We provide an unparalleled depth of resources and experience to manage such litigation, be it locally or on a coordinated national or international basis. We provide practical, solutions-based advice that enables you to navigate the procedurally complex industrial relations regulatory regimes, and to achieve your commercial objectives while minimising legal and reputational risk. These include:
- business restructures and workplace reform
- industrial action, picketing and dispute management
- drafting and implementing individual and collective employment agreements
- union and individual workplace rights
- emerging workplace issues including drug and alcohol testing, sham contracting and the interaction of social media and the workplace
- obligations towards employee representatives, including information and consultation obligations
Be empowered with workplace and employment solutions from our expert team.
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