employment relations education

You and your staff can access subsidised training through the Employment Relations Education scheme, made available to you by EMA Central. ACC 'ThinkSafe' also provides funding for Health & Safety representatives, managers and team leaders.

About the ERE Fund

Under the Employment Relations Act 2000, a contestable fund was established to support the principle objective of the Act, which is to build productive employment relationships through the promotion of mutual trust and confidence.

The aim of employment relations education is to increase skills and knowledge of employment matters, to improve relationships in the workplace and enable employers, employees, and unions to deal with each other in good faith.

All courses are open to employers, employees and workplace relations practitioners. Participants are likely to include those currently in team leader or supervisory positions, or those likely to become so in future, union delegates and others with responsibilities for contributing to effective workplace practices.

Approved Courses:

Stage 1 Training for Health And Safety Representatives

Keeping yourself and workmates free from injury takes special knowledge and skills. This course will give you an understanding of health & safety and a few tips on how to get your staff and managers motivated for safety.

Stage 2 Training For Health and Safety Representatives

This course builds on your knowledge of Health and Safety with a particular focus on reviewing and improving your current systems.

Attracting Good People

Organisations with strong brand and values, which reflect their mission and culture are the most attractive. -. In today’s labour market employers need to focus on those aspects of the workplace that will attract people with the appropriate talents and potential. Attracting Good People explores these topics in depth.

Sharing The Vision: Values And Leadership

How engaged and committed are your employees to achieve your organisation’s vision? Are they ‘going the extra mile’, or simply ‘turning up and going through the motions?’ This course discusses the ingredients of a compelling vision and identifies ways of achieving this through communication styles, appreciating others values, professional behaviours and effective teamwork. Leadership theories; styles and attributes form the platform for this interesting course.

Opportunities To Grow And Develop

What makes the difference to your employees? How employee focused and attractive is your organisation? This course is designed to explore options for developing a workplace which accommodates the work/life balance, career development, and flexible working arrangements employees seek.