Performance Counselling, Warnings and Termination of Employment: Training for Managers - 9 November 2011

Managing the poor performance and unacceptable conduct of employees is a minefield for most employers and managers. Knowing what you can and can't say when conducting these risky conversations is the key to conducting a fair and safe process and ensuring that you provide the employee with every opportunity to 'improve' their performance before being forced to 'remove' under-performing employees from your business.

This workshop is aimed at providing managers and business owners with the confidence, knowledge and skills to effectively conduct performance counselling conversations with employees to get results!

Facilitated by Managing Director, Tina Radford and Industrial Relations Consultant, Joanne Barrett who both have over 20 years of experience conducting these tough conversations, together they will share their knowledge, stories, learning experiences and practical advice in relation to the performance counselling and warning process.

All participants will be given a Performance Discussion template document to take away and use in their workplace.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

• Performance Counselling & Warning Conversations and Documentation
• When you can discipline or warn employees
• Conduct, Behaviour and Performance Issues
• To 'Improve' or 'Remove' employees
• Examples of when an employer cannot discipline an employee
• Verbal Warnings
• The 3 Warning System and how it works
• Performance Counselling Policies and Procedures
• What you can and can't say to employees
• The role of the witness or support person in performance discussions
• Dismissal and Unfair Dismissal
• Terminating Independent Contractors

 

 Who Should Attend:

• Line Managers
• Team Leaders
• Business Owners
• CEOs
• Managing Directors

 

When:
Wednesday 9 November 2011
8.30am - 9.00am - light hot breakfast & networking
9.00am - 12.00pm - workshop and questions

Where:
QA Hotel
Cnr James& Arthur Street, New Farm
(there is free parking at the QA Hotel)

Presenter:
Tina Radford, HRBS Managing Director

Tina Radford is the founder and Managing Director of HR Business Solutions. Tina and her team specialise in the provision of a range of HR services in the areas of training, workplace relations, coaching and generalist in house HR consulting. HRBS partner with a large number of SME's and large organisations. Tina's presentation style is practical and she has a talent for explaining complex concepts in simple everyday language.

 

Joanne Barrett, Senior Industrial Relations Consultant

Joanne Barrett LLB Grad Dip (IR) has over 17 years experience in Industrial Relations and Employment Law. Joanne is passionate about using the legislative framework to develop a compliant and productive workplace culture, where staff are rewarded for being responsible and responsive to business needs. Her overriding goal is to assist clients to achieve commercial business outcomes in a legally compliant way.