Australian workplace laws have changed significantly over the last two decades, although the way in which employees and employers relate to each other at work , still remains very much the critical ingredient for good workplace relations.

Andrew See has seen many changes to the workplace relations laws both in Queensland and throughout Australia since his involvement in industrial relations commenced in 1982.

Andrew has worked with organisations assisting with productivity and enterprise bargaining initiatives, restructuring and organisational change agendas.

He has worked in all of the various activities associated with people management including workforce design, organisational and workforce planning, training and development, remuneration and employment contracting. In undertaking this work, Andrew has been involved in large and small organisations,  working with unionised sectors and in activities where workers collectively or individually bargain through their own systems of representation and decision making. Andrew is often called in to assist organisations, investigate grievances and to conduct mediations, particularly arising out of communication breakdowns and conflict at work.

Andrew was actively involved in the systemic shift to enterprise bargaining in the early 1990's and has been frequently asked to provide guidance to employers and government on how best to organisationally modify and plan for regulatory change. As an advocate in industrial tribunals for over 27 years, Andrew is well skilled in dealing with a wider range of workplace issues including :-

• Strategic planning, policy formation and operationalisation;
• Conflict resolution and mediation;
• Workplace investigations and reviews;
• Enterprise based bargaining ;
• Drafting of Enterprise and Employment Agreements; 
• Dispute processes, negotiation and representation;  
• Termination and rights under unfair and unlawful dismissal laws;
• Interpretation of National Employment Standards, Enterprise Agreements and Modern Awards;
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RELEVANT WORKPLACE RELATIONS SITES :

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  • Fairwork Australia - www.fwa.gov.au
  • Fairwork Ombudsman - www.fwo.gov.au  
  • AUSTLII—www.austlii.edu.au
    A legal site including legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals.
    
    
  • Australian Government—www.australia.gov.au
    Enables searches of all federal government websites.
    
    
  • Australian Law Online—www.law.gov.au
    Provides access to law and justice related information services from all levels of government.
    
    
  • ComLaw—www.comlaw.gov.au
    Legislative repository that has replaced SCALEplus, containing Commonwealth primary legislation as well as other ancillary documents and information, and the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
    
    
  • Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)—www.deewr.gov.au
    Provides general information about DEEWR and its Ministers, including their media statements.
    
    
  • Federal Court of Australia—www.fedcourt.gov.au
    
    
  • Federal Magistrates Court of Australia—www.fmc.gov.au
    
    
  • High Court of Australia—www.hcourt.gov.au
    
    
  • Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales—www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/irc/ll_irc.nsf/pages/IRC_index/
    
    
  • International Labour Organization—www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
    Provides technical assistance primarily in the fields of vocational training and vocational rehabilitation, employment policy, labour administration, labour law and industrial relations, working conditions, management development, co-operatives, social security, labour statistics and occupational health and safety.
    
    
  • Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner—www.abcc.gov.au
    Ensures workplace relations laws are enforced in building and construction industry workplaces.
    
    
  • Queensland Industrial Relations Commission—www.qirc.qld.gov.au
    
    
  • South Australian Industrial Relations Tribunals—www.industrialcourt.sa.gov.au
    
    
  • Tasmanian Industrial Commission—www.tic.tas.gov.au
    
    
  • WebLaw—www.weblaw.edu.au
    Provides access to a range of online Australian legal information.
    
    
  • Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission—www.wairc.wa.gov.au