EMA Employment Relations Conference
21 & 22 August 2000, Sheraton Hotel Auckland
The new ERA: A new era of good faith
Day One:
8.50 Comments from the Conference Chair
Alasdair Thompson, CEO, EMA Northern
The Employment Relations Bill
Chair: John Campbell, TV3(To be Confirmed)
9.00 In Practice, An Employers perspective
Anne Knowles, Chief Executive, NZ Employers Federation
9.20 In Practice, A Unions Perspective
Paul Goulter, Secretary, NZ Council of Trade Unions
10.00 Panel Discussion
Ross Wilson, Anne Knowles, Dr Peter Boxall, Peter Tritt, Fran O’Sullivan
10.50 Morning Tea
11.10 Productive Management Practices in the New Employment Relations Environment
What are the critical features of the new environment? What practices will be helpful in:
Work organisation and staffing structures
Recruitment, selection and induction
Performance planning and review; employee development and retention
Employment negotiations and consultation
What kind of processes will improve long-run planning for the business and its employment strategies?
Dr Peter Boxall, Associate Professor, Department Management & Employment Relations, University of Auckland
11.50 Good Faith
Good faith Requirements under the ERB
Good Faith Codes: what might we expect to see?
Application and relevance of overseas case law
Practical steps to fulfil good faith obligations
Peter Tritt, Manager Employment Relations, EMA Northern
12.30 Lunch
1.20 Collective Bargaining
Good Faith
Collective Agreements
Strikes and Lockouts
Multi employer bargaining
Jim Meyland, Employment Relations Consultant, EMA Northern
2.00 The Role of Unions
Registration
Access to Workplaces
Union Meetings
Union Membership
Employment Related Education Leave
Darien Fenton, Vice President, NZCTU
Legal Issues – An Employers Perspective
Graeme Perfect, Asst. Manager, Employment Relations, EMA Northern
3.0 Afternoon Tea
3.20 Ministerial Address: The Long Term Aims of the New Legislation and what it will mean for employment relations in
New Zealand
Honorable Margaret Wilson, Minister of Labour
3.40 Panel Discussion
4.00 Cocktails and Entertainment
Day Two
The New Employment Institutions
9.0 The New Framework
The departments role in the New Legislation
Mediation Services
John Chetwin, Secretary of Labour, Department of Labour
John Meeuwsen, Manager Mediation Services
9.45 Employment Relations Authority
Alastair Dumbleton, Employment Tribunal
10.20 Morning Tea
10.40 The Employment Court under the Employment Relations Act
Areas of no change
Areas of jurisdiction added
Areas of jurisdiction removed
Areas of jurisdiction modified
A bird's eye view of impact of employers
Chief Judge Goddard, Employment Court
11.20 The Impact of the Employment Relations Act on the Local Government Sector
Impact of the ERA on the culture of the Local Government Sector
Dealing with employee expectations
Possible cost and inflationary consequences
Dealing with public sector Unions and good faith bargaining
Peter Elder, HR manager, Auckland City Council
12.0 Good Faith and Collective Bargaining – A Unions Perspective
Andrew Little, Asst National Secretary, National Secretary-elect, NZ Engineering, Printing & Manufacturing Union
1.00 Lunch
1.50 Individual Agreements
Existing Contracts
Areas of Change
Compliance Requirements
Peter Tritt, Manager Employment Relations, EMA Northern
2.20 Resolution of Employment Problems
Problem Resolution
Personal Grievances
William Ross, Employment Relations Consultant, EMA Northern
3.0 Afternoon Tea
3.20 Human Rights and the Employment Relations Act
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment
Racial Harassment
Duress
Monique Pinsonneault, Solicitor, EMA Northern
4.00 Who is an Employee?
Dependent Contractors
Contracts for Services
Contracts of Services
Homeworkers
Robyn McKinney, Employment Relations Consultant, EMA Northern
4.30 Panel Discussion
5.00 Close of Day