HR Roundtable - Best Practice Employment Contracts, are your contracts Fair Work compliant??

What are the essential clauses that make up a good employment contract? Many employers do not have up to date employment contracts that reflect current legislation or best practice. The employment contract is the basis of the employment relationship and therefore should clearly set up the obligations of each party and the terms and conditions which will apply to that relationship. Good employment contracts minimise risk through insightful drafting and flexible clauses. By having clear, thorough contracts, you can attract and retain staff while ensuring a productive working relationship.

This Roundtable presentation will focus on what are the ingredients of a good employment contract and what you can and can't include in contracts.

Key Topics Covered:

• Verbal v's Written Employment Contracts
• Essential contract clauses
• How policies and procedures fit in with contracts
• What you should not include in contracts
• Issuing new contracts to existing employees
• Restraint of Trade clauses and their effectiveness
• Termination and Redundancy obligations of the employer and employee
• The right to deduct money from an employee's pay
• Special clauses for Executive Contracts
• Changes to Health and Safety laws and implications for employment contracts

Who Should Attend:

• HR Managers
• CFO's
• CEO's
• Business Owners

When:
Wednesday, 8 February 2011
8.30am - 9.00am - light breakfast & networking
9.00am - 11.00am - presentation & panel discussion

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

Presenter:
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.