5th Annual Fair Work Summit 2012

The 5th Annual Fair Work Summit 2012 will look at the evolving industrial relations legislation in order to help businesses with the impact of new changes and amendments that will occur in their enterprise.

As a key industry event, the summit will provide an unrivalled opportunity to network and meet with seasoned experts in the industrial relations field. Attendees will receive relevant, practical examples of how to go about changing their company IR structures and practices, finding out what changes need to be made in order to maintain compliance with Fair Work Australia legislation.

Confirmed speakers to date include:

• Hon Graeme Watson, Vice President, Fair Work Australia
• Trevor Clarke, Legal & Industrial Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions
• Geoff Bull Director Workplace Policy, Australian Mines & Metal Association - AMMA
• David Davies, Partner, Workplace Relations & Safety, Sparke Helmore Lawyers
• Aaron Goonrey, Senior Associate, Lander and Rogers
• Tony Vernier, Managing Director, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors
• Gary Black, Executive Director, National Retail Association
• Lauren Bare, Senior Associate, Freehills
• Felicia Mariani, Managing Director, ATEC
• Richard Calver, National Director, Industrial Relations and Legal Counsel, Master Builders Australia Ltd
• John O'Brien, Head of Industrial Relations, NAB

Key issues to be addressed at Fair Work Summit 2012 include:

• The Government perspective on the objectives of FWA
• The Coalition perception of the IR landscape
• Effective Application of NES
• Paid Parental Leave
• Awards modernisation and Enterprise Award Modernisation
• Sound and compliant Good Faith Bargaining
• Prosecution and Union Right of Entry
• Protected industrial action
• Unfair dismissal laws and broadening of entitlement
• Guidance from FWA on rights to terminate employment; Inability to perform a job safely and dismissal
• Gender and FWA; the missing link between rhetoric and action
• Equal Remuneration Case: reviews, decisions and consequences of outcomes
• Transition of State awards under the Referral legislation

Who Should Attend the Fair Work Summit 2012

• Employee Relations Managers
• Employment Lawyers
• Managing Director's
• Heads of Business Units & Divisions
• CEO's
• Human resources managers / directors
• Industrial Relations Managers
• Workplace Relations Managers
• Union Representatives
• CFO's
• Business Development Directors

Workshop A: Enterprise bargaining, Negotiation, Representation and Best Practice

Workshop B: Performance Management tied into unfair dismissal