member services: employee relations

How often do you have a question about employment that you don't know the answer to? Do you have a problem with an employee? Would you like to talk to someone who knows what they're talking about, who listens to you and who gives common sense solutions? We have the people who can help you. If you want to have employment conditions that everyone can understand and which promote the goals of your enterprise then we can do it. If you need to be professionally represented in employment negotiations or disputes then we can front up for you. We help employers successfully manage their employee relations and avoid costly problems every day. No issue is too big or small. The best way to avoid a problem is to talk to us before it becomes one.

Our members have an employee relations consultant as their personal contact and who can help them on a wide range of issues. We have experienced human resource professionals who have worked in management roles. Many are lawyers and others have human resource or business qualifications. You can have confidence in us!

Because our members have different needs we deliver our services in different ways. Some members want a 'help desk'. We provide one. Others want us to be their outsourced HR department. We can do this. Larger employers already have HR staff. We compliment what they can do and also provide specialised input.

This is what we do:

Help Desk

• Employment law.
• Problems with staff - poor performance, misconduct, absence etc.
• Employing staff.
• Holiday pay.
• Public holiday queries.
• OHS.
• ACC.

Your HR Team

• Employment conditions (drafting and review).
• Employment policies e.g. Sexual harassment, motor vehicle, smoking, internet/e-mail, employee performance, privacy, retirement.
• Best practice recruitment models.
• Appraisal systems.
• Negotiating employment conditions with unions.
• Personal grievances, wage claims.
• Getting the best from staff/performance management.
• Sorting out employment disputes.
• Representation in Mediations and other Employment Relations Authority hearings.

Working With HR Teams

• Bouncing ideas.
• Second opinions on staff performance issues, interpreting Court cases.
• Advice on new employment law and case law.
• Tricky employment questions.
• Negotiation strategies.
• Trends in HR.
• Sharing ideas and experiences.

There are more employee relations services. Click Planit for details about our range of strategic project management and higher level HR services.

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