28 Ways in which WR can help your business

If you're in business and employ staff, there may come a time when you will need specialist workplace relations (WR) help and advice. Here is a list of 28 ways which a WR specialist can help.

1. Interpretation of state and federal awards
2. Federal and state workplace relations legislation
3. Checking compliance of workplace policies with workplace relations laws
4. Employment law changes – transition and compliance
5. Providing information about how courts and tribunals operate
6. Advice and representation before federal and state industrial courts and tribunals, in respect of unfair dismissal, underpayment of wages, discrimination, unfair contracts, breach of contracts and so forth
7. Unfair and unlawful dismissal risk management
8. Provision of updated awards and wage rate schedules
9. Drafting collective agreements
10. Provision of advice on contracts of employment
11. Drafting contracts of employment
12. Recruitment
13. Managing staff
14. Workplace policies and procedures
15. Managing performance
16. Ending the employment relationship / termination of employment
17. Redundancy
18. Annual leave, sick leave, parental leave, long service leave
19. Health and safety
20. Performance counseling
21. Independent contractor arrangements
22. Workplace reform
23. Day to day relations advice and support
24. Provision of WR due diligence investigations and reports prior to sale or purchase of business
25. Workers compensation issues
26. Discrimination and equal opportunity issues
27. Negotiations with trade unions
28. Resolving industrial disputes