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The Human Resources Institute of New Zealand

Refresh HR Programme
Employment Relations

Presented by The Human Resources Institute of New Zealand
Led by Angela Atkins and Lisa Hunter

Introduction

The Refresh HR programme focuses on how to put HR theory into practice in the real world. The programme also takes you through how to deal effectively with the challenges you will encounter when working with senior leaders, managers and employees.

Course Description

Employment Legislation and Employment Agreements
You will cover the main points of the Employment Relations Act and break it down into the key things you need to know and how case law has been applied. You will then analyse an individual employment agreement and use it to cover what terms and conditions need to be included and how to effectively manage the employment relationship.

This is a practical workshop where you will learn what good faith means when dealing with the employment relationship, what needs to go into employment agreements and how to deal with contractors, casual and fixed term employees legally and fairly.  It will also include direction regarding the key points of collective bargaining, and how to make flexible working, trial periods, meals breaks and breastfeeding provisions work in your organisation.

After the Christchurch earthquake, many businesses found themselves having to review their clauses around what employees were entitled to if the business couldn't operate, when can you ask an employee to work, leave entitlements and providing a healthy workplace.  In this session of Refresh we will talk through the clauses that apply in these circumstances.

Who Should Attend

This programme is for anyone who wants to learn how to make HR work effectively in their workplace. This may be HR Coordinators, Advisors, Officers or Managers in the first few years of their HR career as well as students. Some of the workshops may also be useful for recruiters to attend. Learning and Development professionals who work as part of their company HR team have also found some of the employment law workshops useful.

The Workshop Leaders

Angela Atkins has worked in HR and training for the last 15 years, within retail, local government, financial services and tertiary. Since mid 2007 she has worked for Elephant Training and HR, providing HR support and advice to a number of SME’s and corporates, as well as facilitating in house and public training workshops including Refresh HR and Essential Employment Law. Her whole career has involved communications work and Angela is also the bestselling author of Management Bites and Employment Bites. She believes part of the success of her books is their simple, easy to read style!

Lisa Hunter has over 15 years HR experience and worked in senior HR roles within the tertiary and financial services sectors as well as having significant experience as a coach, mentor and facilitator. She has also worked in the telecommunications, advertising and pharmaceutical industries. For the past 3 years she has worked with Elephant Training and HR, and heads up Elephant’s Business Services division, as well as providing HR and Continuous Improvement (CI) advice and support to clients, project managing a range of initiatives and facilitating training on CI, management and HR topics. While working at BNZ she was introduced to Kaizen and moved into a CI role within the HR team. In this role she found she had a real passion for CI and working to make it part of the culture – the way we do things around here. Lisa has a BA in psychology and a Post Graduate Diploma in HR. Her approach is practical and she is passionate about learning and working with managers and individuals to develop their skills and improve how they work.

Comments from Past Participants

"Really enjoyed the workshop. Enjoyed the participation and involvement from everyone! Great to have actual examples too. Postively presented workshop."

"The questions and answers really made you think. Also I enjoyed being in an environment where it felt safe to ask questions without looking silly."

"The workshop was really good. Very upbeat and interesting."

I attended the Refresh HR workshop in 2008 when I was new to my role as an HR Advisor (some may say thrown in the deep end). They were a great knowledge check; giving me the confidence in knowing that what I was doing was the right thing. It was also an opportunity to increase networks which allowed me to tap into other HR Professional's experience giving me more tools to deal with HR issues." Amanda Capping, HR Advisor, REPCO

2012 Dates and Venues

Auckland 23 February 2012, 9.00-12.00pm (Register Now)
Venue: Elephant HR Training Rooms, Level 4, Canterbury Arcade, 166 - 174 Queen Street, Central Auckland

Christchurch 1 May 2012, 1.00-4.00pm (Register Now)
Venue: Head of the Avon - South Room, Copthorne Hotel Commodore Christchurch, 449 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch

Wellington 12 June 2012, 9.00-12.00pm (Register Now)
Venue: HRINZ National Office, Level One, 11 Chews Lane, Wellington 

Please note that tea and coffee will be available at registration 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the session. 

2012 Registration Fees

HRINZ Members: $140 + gst per workshop
Non Members: $185 + gst per workshop

Cancellations

Please see cancellation policy.

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