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level: Roles of Participants in the Workplace

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level questions: Roles of Participants in the Workplace

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Role of Employees- Help business achieve business objectives
Role of Employers (Owners)- Through HR Manager they deal with employee relation issues - Must meet minimum pay set under award. - Involved in negotiations of an enterprise agreement. - Explore ways to increase the productivity levels of their employees.
Role of Human Resource Managers- Key role in wage negotiations - Train employees - Lodge new agreements with Fair Work Commission - Deals with disputes (including unfair dismissals) - Ensure an award or agreement is implemented properly.
Unionsare organisations formed by employees in an industry, trade or occupation to represent them to improve wages and working conditions of their members.
Role of Unions- Listen to employee grievances. - Provide employees with a voice in the employment relationship. - Give advice or information on the matter. - Negotiate and bargain on employee’s behalf. - Listen to employee demands and represent their interests in bargaining process. - Negotiate in good faith. - Organise industrial action and participate purposefully in dispute resolution. - Engage in dispute resolution to reach a compromise.
Employer Associationsare organisations that represent and assist employers.
Role of Employer Associations- Look after interests of employer. - Keep them up to date with changes in laws. - Help negotiate workplace agreements.
Fair Work CommissionAustralia’s national workplace relations tribunal.
Role of Fair Work Commission- Establish a set of legally binding national minimum standard wages and working conditions (award) - Facilitate good faith bargaining to support employers /employees overcome disputes (through conciliation, arbitration, etc.) - Approve workplace agreements. - Deal with applications in relation to unfair dismissal. - Monitor compliance with agreements and take enforcement action for any breaches through the courts with necessary.