Guiding employers through the complex minefield of industrial relations and employment law.
Employers face a variety of people challenges and legal hurdles – Award and NES compliance, difficult employees, poor workplace attitudes at all levels and stressful conversations as you navigate the law.
Let’s face it Australian industrial relations and employment law gets more complicated every year. While they are designed to protect employees, they make employers’ lives more difficult as they try and avoid getting caught up in the legal traps.
Employees are increasingly turning to ‘no-win no-fee’ lawyers who threaten employers with Federal Court action unless they agree to expensive settlements.
How we can help
Hunter Employee Relations provides professional guidance and support to employers in the Newcastle, Hunter and Central Coast regions:
- Advice and entitlements on Awards, the NES and the Fair Work Act
- Hours or work and roster arrangements
- Flexible work arrangements and working from home
- Changing undesirable employee behaviours
- Bullying, harassment and sexual harassment
- Employee counselling, discipline and terminations
- Business restructures and redundancies
- Representation in the Fair Work Commission and AHRC
- Workplace Investigations
- Enterprise Agreements
- Employment contracts
- Policies and Procedures & Workplace Code of Conduct.
See our Services page for a more detailed list of Hunter Employee Relations employer services.
‘Michael provided a high level of professionalism demonstrating excellent drafting ability, a quick turnaround time and thorough knowledge of the legal process. I can definitely recommend Hunter Employee Relations to other employers.’ Youth Express, Maitland
We also have two highly regarded Employee Relations email newsletters
Employee Relations Update
A weekly update written for HR personnel and those who prefer more indepth analysis on relevant Fair Work Commission and Federal Court workplace decision.
The first ER Update of the month (Monthly Review) provides an update on Government legislative changes and Fair Work test cases with broader impact. What you need to know, who is impacted and when. Check it out here
Management Employee Relations Essentials
Sent our fortnightly the ER Essentials provides a high-level plain English summary of the Monthly Review and the key learnings from relevant Fair Work Commission and Federal Court decisions. An easy way to keep yourself up to date if you don’t have much time.
Subscribe by emailing [email protected] indicating which newsletter you prefer or jump on Linkedin and join either/both newsletter.
Hunter Employee Relations can assist you to
Deal with those everyday employee relations issues – personal leave, hours of work, Awards
- Implement Employment Contracts, a Code of Conduct and Policies and Procedures.
- Fix an ongoing employee underperformance, or attitude or behavioural issue.
- Tackle difficult employee behaviours which can be quite stressful.
- Sort out a complex bullying or harassment incident without making it legally worse.
- Terminate a difficult employee while minimising your legal risk.
- Closely guide employers through Unfair Dismissals, General Protections and Sexual Harassment claims – minimising costs and stress.
We take a practical and systematic approach to control an issue and find a solution.
This often results in a faster and cheaper outcome for you.
