INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SUMMIT Promoting best practice in Industrial Relations. Exclusive case studies from leaders in Industrial Relations:

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1 Dare to Kn ow INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SUMMIT 2017 Promoting best practice in Industrial Relations The Grace Hotel, Sydney: 11th 13th July Exclusive case studies from leaders in Industrial Relations:

2 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW will give you the skills to improve IR outcomes with case studies from some of the most unionised workforces in Australia. Bringing together IR & HR leaders presenting practical case studies, you will implement best practice approaches in enterprise bargaining, unfair dismissal, adverse action and mental health issues throughout your organisation. Take away key legal updates from the Fair Work Commission, an understanding of upheaval in the construction industry and prepare for the future IR landscape. Expert Industrial Relations Session By: Deputy President Sams, Deputy President, Fair Work Commission Sarah Hills, Business Services Manager, South Australian Wine Industry Association Matt Zadow, Former Group Manager Industrial Relations, UGL Michael O Neil, Head of Industrial Relations, Qantas Dominic Sheil, Assistant Commissioner ATO People, Australian Taxation Office Maria Zoras-Christo, General Manager Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Safety, Patrick Dr Andrea James, Health Manager, Viva Energy Australia Rebekah Donaldson, Director ABC People, ABC Janene Rodgers, Director of Workforce Relations, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads Damian Sloan, General Manager, Group Employee and Industrial Relations, Toll Holdings Maria Zoras-Christo, General Manager Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Safety, Patrick Ben Cook, Head of Human Resources, Tomago Aluminium Trevor Clarke, Industrial and Legal Director, Australian Council of Trade Unions Sally Woodward, Partner Employment and Labour, Norton Rose Fulbright Vasuki Paul, National Manager Construction, Utilities and Resources, Australian Industry Group Michael Mead, Head of Workplace Relations, Australian Industry Group David Story, Group Industrial Relations Manager, Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd. Panelist: Shaun Schmitke, National Manager Industrial Relations, Master Builders Australia Phil Jones, IR/HR Manager, ASP Crew Management Pty Ltd

3 KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING Overcome the complexities of enterprise bargaining Streamlining collective bargaining through alternative industrial relations models Network with Industrial Relations professionals from a variety of industries Learn innovative best practice approaches to topical Industrial Relations issues Attend case studies in Enterprise Bargaining Save time and money by applying lessons from Industrial Relations experts experiences to your own Receive in person updates from the Fair Work Commission and Norton Rose Fulbright Learn Industrial Relations strategies beyond the Enterprise Agreement Take part in interactive panel discussions and learn practical Industrial Relations techniques in workshops Plus: Don t miss the workshop on day three: Best practice in Enterprise bargaining through building relationships and ensuring compliance & Navigating the legal minefield of mental health, bullying and harassment AUDIENCE This summit will bring Industrial Relations practitioners to discuss best practice in industrial relations. It is particularly relevant to: Heads of Industrial Relations Heads of Human Resources Heads of Employee Relations Industrial Relations Managers Human Resources Managers Employee Relations Managers People and Culture Managers GROUP PACKAGES Send 3 delegates and receive: 10% off the currently advertised rate Send 4 6 delegates and receive: 15% off the currently advertised rate Send 7 or more delegates and receive: 20% off the currently advertised rate CONFERENCE LOGISTICS Venue: The Grace Hotel, Sydney Address: 77 York St, Sydney NSW 2000 Dates: July, 2017 Start/Finish: 9:00 am 5:00 pm REGISTRATION AND ENQUIRIES To register for simply complete the registration form at the back of this brochure and send to: events@konnectlearning.com.au or call Alternatively, registrations can be made online at: SPONSORSHIP Contact the sponsorship team on or events@konnectlearning.com.au to discuss package options.

4 8:30 Registration, morning coffee and tea 8:50 Opening remarks from chair: Matt Zadow, Former Group Manager Industrial Relations, UGL FAIR WORK COMMISSION UPDATE 9:05 Driving best practice compliance by understanding the IR landscape in 2017 Key updates on the regulator s powers and priorities The processes and consideration in Fair Work s penalty rates decision OPENING KEYNOTE: Examining key case laws and decisions by the Fair Work Commission Different perspectives on the controversies in IR that Fair Work takes into consideration Deputy President Sams, Deputy President, Fair Work Commission DAY ONE: 11 July, :30 Moving beyond the Enterprise Agreement to ensure streamlined industrial relations CASE STUDY: UGL LIMITED Understanding the broader aspects of industrial relations How employer/employee engagement adds value to industrial relations Training Compliance Managing industrial action when it occurs Implementing alternative staffing solutions when appropriate Matt Zadow, Former Group Manager Industrial Relations, UGL 9:55 Understanding the Fair Work Commission s Award review process The history and evolution of the Australian Award system The purpose of industrial Awards: setting minimum industry rates of pay and conditions Processes, submissions and considerations in reviewing modern Awards A case study of their choice of an Award review 10:45 Morning tea 11:00 The business advantages and potential pitfalls of managing a labour hire workforce Industry trends in labour hire The advantages and challenges of labour hire versus traditional employment Ensuring, maintaining and enhancing the skills of a labour hire workforce Contractor and employer responsibilities when engaging contract employees Practical tips in managing a labour hire workforce Sarah Hills, Business Services Manager, South Australian Wine Industry Association ENTERPRISE BARGAINING BEST PRACTICE 11:50 Overcoming the complexities of enterprise bargaining Qantas experience with Enterprise Bargaining The complexities and difficulties in Enterprise Bargaining experienced by Qantas Practical lessons from Qantas experience for other organisations CASE STUDY QANTAS: Michael O Neil, Head of Industrial Relations, Qantas 12:40 lunch 3:20 Afternoon tea PREVENTING UNFAIR DISMISSAL & ADVERSE ACTION 3:40 Safeguarding your business from unfair dismissal by ensuring compliance Understanding recent changes to unfair dismissal to protect your business Ensuring compliance through understanding employer and employee rights and legal requirements Strategies for managing unfair dismissal claims CASE STUDY: TOMAGO ALUMINIUM Ben Cook, Head of Human Resources, Tomago Aluminium 4:30 Understanding adverse action to drive best business outcomes The trend towards adverse action claims When can employees claim adverse action? Legal requirements and rights of employers in adverse action claims Strategies for managing adverse action claims Personal example from the speakers experience Rebekah Donaldson, Director ABC People, ABC 5:20 End of day one 1:40 Understanding legal developments in unfair dismissal and adverse action CASE STUDY TAFE: Recent legal developments in unfair dismissal and adverse action Understanding the implication of these development for employers Learning from recent cases in unfair Sally Woodward, Partner Employment and Labour, Norton Rose Fulbright

5 8:30 Registration, morning coffee and tea 9:00 Opening remarks from chair: Matt Zadow, Former Group Manager Industrial Relations, UGL HARASSMENT, BULLYING & MENTAL HEALTH 9:05 Preventing and managing workplace mental health issues The business impact of increasing in mental health claims Strategies for managing the costs of mental health issues Employer and employee rights with regards to mental health Managing employee s mental health issues and claims CASE STUDY Janene Rodgers, Director Workforce Relations, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads 9:55 Developing a positive and proactive culture through integrated wellbeing approaches The importance of employee engagement in your business How to integrate wellness into pre-existing HR/WHS Communications structures Executive buy in and developing a culture of health CASE STUDY: VIVA ENERGY AUSTRALIA Dr Andrea James, Health Manager, Viva Energy Australia 10:45 Morning tea NEXT GENERATION IR 11:00 Streamlining collective bargaining through alternative industrial relations models Examining the adversarial bargaining model between employers and unions Pros and cons of collective bargaining Analysing alternative shared-interest models What reform of the system is required from the perspective of IR practitioners? Potential political compromises in industrial relations CASE STUDY: TOLL HOLDINGS Damian Sloan, General Manager, Group Employee and Industrial Relations, Toll Holdings 11:50 Cultivating common ground between unions and industries Understanding the role of the ACTU in IR and IR reform Common ground and points of departure The pros and cons of adversarial bargaining A discussion of recent IR developments and alternative labour models Cultivating common ground between unions and industry The potential for further common ground The ACTUs industrial relations reform agenda Trevor Clarke, Industrial and Legal Director, Australian Council of Trade Unions 12:40 lunch 1:40 Is the adversarial model of enterprise bargaining dead? How can we streamline the enterprise bargaining process for better outcomes for all stakeholders? What are the new model of collective bargaining we can utilize? Is the adversarial model the only model? Can we cultivate and build upon common ground in bargaining and reform? Where are the commonalities? What are the differences? Can we be friends? PANEL DISCUSSION: DAY TWO: 12 July, 2017 Maria Zoras-Christo, General Manager Human Resources, Industrial Relations and Safety, Patrick Damian Sloan, General Manager, Group Employee and Industrial Relations, Toll Holdings Trevor Clarke, Industrial and Legal Director, Australian Council of Trade Unions Phil Jones, IR/HR Manager, ASP Crew Management Pty Ltd 2:30 Driving best outcomes from enterprise bargaining by cultivating positive relationships with unions Overcoming inefficiencies through the bargaining process Building a positive relationship between employer, employees and unions The business benefits of this approach Challenges to be overcome in applying this approach David Story, Group Industrial Relations Manager, Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd 3:20 Afternoon tea 3:40 IR upheaval in the construction industry: what are the implications for industrial relations as a whole? A discussion of the ABCC bill: what it is and its aims and goals? How the bill will affect construction companies and the wider industry? The 2016 Building Code: excluding legal clauses from industrial deals The potential of the Building Code for the industry A consideration of Building Code controversies PANEL DISCUSSION: Matt Zadow, Former Group Manager Industrial Relations, UGL Vasuki Paul, National Manager Construction, Utilities and Resources, Australian Industry Group Shaun Schmitke, National Manager Industrial Relations, Master Builders Australia 4:30 Lessons in adverse action from the Australian Public Service Gain an understanding of why adverse action claims are made Learn how to avoid adverse action claims being made by employees Learn strategies for ensuring positive adverse action claim results CASE STUDY: AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE IR INDUSTRY UPHEAVAL: CONSTRUCTION & MINING LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN UNFAIR DISMISSAL AND ADVERSE ACTION for employers A personal example from the speakers experience Dominic Sheil, Assistant Commissioner ATO People, Australian Taxation Office 5:20 Close of conference

6 DAY THREE: 13 July, :30 Registration, morning coffee and tea Lunch: 12:30 Workshop A: 9:00am-12:00pm Workshop B: 1:00pm-5:00pm BEST PRACTICE IN ENTERPRISE BARGAINING BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE Enterprise bargaining is the big ticket item in IR, and the number of costly and lengthy bargaining cases is set to rise. Ensuring best practice in enterprise bargaining is an important aspect of building productive and sustainable workforces. This workshop will give an in-depth overview of the processes of Enterprise Bargaining. It will impart strategic approaches to enterprise bargaining that are beneficial to business and management. This workshop will cover: Strategic methods to ensure best bargaining outcomes Methods to cultivate relationships with employees and unions to Ensuring compliance with legislation Increase the likelihood of approval of enterprise agreements Techniques for ensuring good faith bargaining Michael Mead, Head of Workplace Relations, Australian Industry Group About your facilitator: Michael is a Legal Practitioner Director in the Sydney office of Ai Group Workplace Lawyers His industrial relations expertise includes all aspects of enterprise bargaining, industrial dispute resolution, contingency planning and responding to both lawful and unlawful industrial action, workplace change management, redundancy, union relationships, flexible work arrangements. He has worked with some of Australia s most significant manufacturing businesses in the heavy engineering, steel, food and rail sectors. He has also acted for the Australian Industry Group in a number of major test cases and substantial matters including the Social and Community Services Industry Pay Equity Case, the Award Modernisation proceedings before the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, and key bargaining decisions relating to the operation of the Fair Work Act NAVIGATING THE LEGAL MINEFIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH, BULLYING AND HARASSMENT Mental health, bullying, harassment and discrimination are major issues for employers in Australia in 2017, affecting workforce productivity and the business bottom line, as well as reflecting the rights and responsibilities of employees and business management. Navigating the legalities of these an ensuring rights and responsibilities are understood and complied by through all levels of the workforce is an important aspect of industrial relations management. This workshop will provide participants with: An understanding employer responsibilities An understanding of employee responsibilities An understanding of these issues from a legal perspective Developing leadership amongst all levels of management Methods for ensuring best outcomes for employers in disputes Confirmed: Sally Woodward, Partner Employment and Labour, Norton Rose Fulbright About your facilitator: Sally Woodward is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright s employment and labour practice based in Sydney. Sally has been praised in various directories, including for her outstanding technical ability, her constant availability and her practical, no-nonsense approach to dealing with complex litigation issues and as a recognised expert in the areas of discrimination and harassment. She is listed as a leading lawyer in the 2017 Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Guide, which states: Clients praise Sally Woodward for her down-to-earth approach, saying: She listens and is able to summarise the core of the issue quickly. She also attracts praise for her assertiveness, with clients stating: She is courageous in that she will challenge our thinking, and is not afraid to present an alternative perspective. Sally is also shortlisted for the Lawyers Weekly 2017 Employment Law Partner of the Year award, having also been shortlisted in 2016.

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