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Employment Advice

The right employment arrangements are essential to protect your business.

If you have ever faced legal action for claims for under payment of award entitlements or unfair dismissal you’ll know it is an expensive and time consuming process. The MPMSAA strongly recommends not to get caught out.

Members have access to the services of our MPMSAA professional national workplace relations advisor.

The MPMSAA professional workplace services can assist with a wide range of issues including:

• Modern Awards
• Conditions of employment 
• How collective agreements operate in your workplace
• Keeping good employment records
• How to avoid unfair and unlawful dismissal claims
• How redundancy works
• Long service leave requirements
• All other general employment matters eg RDO’s, fares and travel, policies and procedures, good house rules

Industrial Relations

Members have access to the services of professional Industrial Relations experts.

The MPMSAA professional IR staff can assist with a wide range of issues including:

• Enterprise based agreements
  
• Union claims and disputes
  • CEPU- Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union
  • ETU- Electrical Trades Union
  • CFMEU- Construction, Forestry, Mining and energy union
  • AWU- Australian Workers Union
  • AMWU- Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union
• Assistance in setting up the most suitable workplace agreements for your business

Professional mediation services:

• Disputes with employees
• Meetings with union officials

The MPMSAA’s professional national workplace relations advisor is the nationally recognised leader on plumbing industry issues and is available to provide you up to date advice and assistance.

Australian Government Employment Reform “WorkChoices”

The MPMSAA keeps your business informed of all the new employment legislation changes including Modern Awards.

The specific needs of your business can be addressed by the many resources available to full members of the MPMSAA. For example members can obtain information on various issues through the member only areas on the member website, member publications or contacting the MPMSAA directly and asking to speak to the national workplace relations advisor.