Where IR support helps most
- A charter of demands has been submitted and you need a costed response
- A long-term wage settlement is due and earlier agreements need review
- A dispute has gone to conciliation before the labour department
- A new plant or expansion needs an IR approach before workers organise
- Recurring grievances, go-slows or work stoppages are affecting production
How the work is done
- Assessment of past settlements, wage structures, union dynamics and open grievances
- Negotiation brief with cost modelling of each demand and management's fall-back positions
- Support at the table or behind it, with meeting notes and next-step planning
- Draft settlement under the Industrial Relations Code, ready for signing and registration
Disciplinary and domestic enquiries
Charge sheets, show-cause notices and domestic enquiries are handled to the standard of natural justice, so that decisions hold up if they are challenged. I can act as an independent enquiry officer or guide your management representative.
Experience
Over 11 years of industrial relations in FMCG, steel and cement manufacturing, covering unionised workforces, contract labour running into thousands and long-term settlements.