ABOUT

Workplace Relations

Advisory Committee

• The Workplace Relations Advisory Committee consists of retail representatives across executive, people and culture, HR, and employee relations roles.
• The Committee actively supports the ARA’s advocacy strategy, priorities, and functions in relation to Australia's industrial relations framework
• Members benefit from the exchange of ideas and information, and support the ARA's role to educate and support members across emerging issues

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHARTER

Achievements

• Facilitating a forum of thought leadership to determine the impact of ongoing changes in policies and legislative decisions
• Providing industry-specific support to respond to government inquiries and consultations
• Informing the development and execution of the ARA’s penalty rates campaign strategy
• Identifying issues likely to impact retailers to support the ARA's role to educate and inform members to support regulatory compliance
• Supporting the ARA to influence outcomes of the Federal Government’s IR Working Groups, with direct industry input and direct advocacy to government and media

Key Recent Issues

• Federal IR Working Groups
• Award simplification.
• Enterprise agreement making.
• Casuals and fixed term employees, and recent changes through the Fair Work Commission.
• Compliance and enforcement.

For more information, please contact the secretariat for this committee:
Tim Janczuk committees@retail.org.au