The Fair Work Commission has made a single-interest employer authorisation for a proposed multi-enterprise agreement covering 269 employers and their workers.
Even if it's impossible for an employer to change a decision about planned redundancies, it must comply with its consultation obligations, a workplace lawyer says. Meanwhile, an enterprise bargaining specialist says it's never been more crucial for employers to have skilled negotiators at the table.
A people and culture team "singularly failed" to meet with an employee in a timely manner to discuss his redeployment opportunities, meaning his redundancy wasn't genuine, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The Fair Work Commission's decision to unilaterally amend three enterprise agreements before approving them highlights problems with the bargaining regime and with the restrictive part-time employment rules in many modern awards, employer representatives say.
Employers often don't invest sufficient time and effort into planning for an enterprise bargaining round, despite the enormous value of doing so, according to an HR consultant who highlights some commonly overlooked elements of the process.
An "attitude of reticence or disinclination" towards making intractable bargaining declarations goes against the reforms' intentions, a Fair Work Commission full bench has ruled.
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