Ann Wright Email & Phone Number

2/441 St Kilda Road Melbourne 3004

Manage national telephone advice service. Staff Management including recruitment, coaching, performance management and discipline, leadership, networking, customer service, reporting, setting and monitoring KPIs. Provide information and strategic advice on enterprise bargaining, employment policies and procedures, performance management, managing ill and injured workers, redundancy management, termination of employment, unfair dismissal and general protections legislation, and interpretation of industrial relations legislation including awards, Fair Work Act, workers compensation , work health and safety, EEO and long service leave legislation.

Advise and assist Human Resources Managers, Operations Managers, Directors, Payroll Staff on workplace relations matters . This includes strategic advice, interpretation of legislation, practical advice on issues including change management, restructures, redundancies, transfer of business, discipline and performance management, redundancies, investigation of misconduct, bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment claims. Advise and assist managers to deal with ill and injured workers, both work related and non work related. Expertise in dealing with employees with psychological illnesses. Advise and assist on termination of employment. Advise on workers' compensation and WHS queries including management of workers compensation claims.

Representing companies in enterprise bargaining negotiation, drafting employment policies including Disciplinary and Performance Management, EEO, Codes of conduct, dispute resolution procedures. Representing companies in Unfair Dismissal claims, disputes with unions, and award variations, enterprise bargaining disputes and certification, industrial action matters. On site negotiations with unions, training of consultative committees, management of redundancy processes including strategy and implementation, classification of employee's positions, drafting position descriptions and contracts of employment.

Represent employers in the Fair Work Commission in unfair dismissals, enterprise bargaining and industrial disputes. Writing newsletters, delivering seminars, research, interpretation of enterprise agreements, employment legislation.

Investigating complaints of award breaches. Advising employers and employees on award entitlements. Taking unfair dismissal application. Preparation of seminars, liaison with Employer Associations, written advice on complex interpretations of awards.

Postgraduate Diploma In Labour Relations Law, Labour Relations Law, Ohs Law, Employment Law

Won the Bernard Gaynor prize for Labour Relations Law

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics And Psychology Majors

Activities and Societies: Waterski Club (held position of President) Attended Ormond College

Certificate Iv Training And Assessment, Development, Delivery And Assessment Of Training