The Guild provides a range of workplace relations services to work in partnership with members to improve their employment practices as a benefit of membership.
The Guild defines Workplace Relations as comprising of Industrial Relations (IR), Human Resources (HR), Employee Relations (ER), Work Health & Safety (WHS) and Workers Compensation (WC).
Member Benefit Services
These partnership services include the provision of information, advice and assistance, to help you manage a broad range of matters that effect pharmacy business, including:
Interpretation of Award and Enterprise Agreement conditions and entitlements
Wages including the provision of detailed wage sheets
Managing employee performance and conduct
Termination of employment
Redundancy
Harassment, bullying and discrimination
Work health and safety (information)
Workers' compensation (information)
Leave queries including calculations for annual and long service leave
Discussion on alternative employment arrangements (IFA, flexible day/hours, annualised wages)
Creation of Enterprise Agreements
Interpretation of legislation and case law
Selling or Buying of a business (eg employment entitlements and conditions)
Additional Fee-based Services
The Guild also provides additional fee-based services for members including:
Workplace relations audits
Meditations, conciliations and formal hearings before the Fair Work Commission or other industrial tribunals if necessary
Representation at industrial disputes
Development and implementation of Enterprise agreements
Information sessions in human resources and employment relations matters
Complex calculations of wages and/or leave entitlements
Drafting and/or reviewing complex written documents such as termination, redundancy or performance management documents, or workplace policies and procedures
Investigations for workplace grievances.
Support for smaller branches such as ACT, TAS and NT.
General written advice in the form of fact sheets, editorials, generic templates and bulletins are provided as part of your membership fee. See Workplace Relations