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ER/IR Unpacked is a monthly podcast from the Australian HR Institute, the trusted home for HR professionals, that helps you to stay ahead of the curve on all things employment and industrial relations. Each episode offers practical and timely tips for the modern HR practitioner.

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  1. 2 dgn geleden

    Managing safety risk during redundancy, redeployment and restructuring with Kathryn Dent

    Cutting headcount is one of the toughest calls HR has to make. And today, it's more complicated than ever. Restructures, redundancies and redeployments come with enough challenges on their own. Add psychosocial safety risks into the mix, and the room for error expands quickly. So how can HR get it right? Host Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR sits down with Kathryn Dent, Partner at HWLE Lawyers, to break down what every HR practitioner needs to keep front-of-mind – not just during and after a restructure, but in the lead-up too. Don’t miss your monthly ER/IR pulse check with Elisha Middleton, Workplace Relations and Remuneration Lead at Western Power. This month she covers the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review, updates to employment-related rates and thresholds, and the recent Paid Parental Leave expansion and Payday Super legislation. Plus, we answer your questions on: Practical steps HR and managers can take to minimise psychosocial risk during a redundancy or restructureWhat outplacement and career transition support should look like for affected employeesHow HR should respond when employees are reluctant to move into alternative roles. Further learning: Article – HR case study: Maintaining workforce performance during organisational disruption: https://bit.ly/3TOyKJg Article – 4 legal considerations when managing a partial redundancy: https://bit.ly/4yQyGJk Visual resource – HR’s 2026-27 Australian Employment Law and HR Reform Calendar: https://bit.ly/4yD92HL Course – Organisational Design: https://bit.ly/4fj0o9K Resources: Template – Amendment to terms and conditions of employment: https://bit.ly/4wdrBAB Template – Redundancy invitation to consultation: https://bit.ly/3RsIsAg Connect: Follow AHRI on LinkedIn.Connect with Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR, Elisha Middleton and Kathryn Dent.AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13848256/.Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://www.ahri.com.au/ahri-membership.

  2. 28 jun

    How can you maintain psychosocial safety in performance management?

    Performance management season is here. Is fear stopping your leaders from having hard, but necessary, conversations? In this episode of ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the stress to explore how to effectively navigate performance reviews through a psychosocial safety lens. We start with a brief ER/IR landscape update from Elisha Middleton, Workplace Relations and Remuneration Lead at Western Power, covering the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review decision, upcoming SCHADS Award restructuring, updates to case management processes via the Building Cooperative Workplaces Bill and Victoria's newly legislated right to work from home. Then, host Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR goes deep with Kate Connors, Chief Mental Health Advisor and executive coach at Elemental Coaching and Psychology. Kate shares proactive strategies to ease manager anxiety, the behavioral balance of high-quality workplace check-ins and how to co-design performance solutions rather than strictly relying on scripted procedures. Plus, we tackle the grey areas HR leaders actually face by answering questions from our listeners, focusing on stressful frontline industries, applying trauma-informed practice to performance discussions and balancing economic productivity with psychological safety. Further learning: Article – How to protect wellbeing through smarter work design: https://bit.ly/4w8dU5sArticle – 4 common psychosocial hazards and how to manage them: https://bit.ly/4xLknVTCourse – Psychosocial Code of Practice: https://bit.ly/3SwbAH9 Resources: Guideline – How to have difficult conversations: https://bit.ly/4xOQeVrGuideline – Reviewing or designing jobs to prevent psychosocial harm: https://bit.ly/4alJq7O Connect: Follow AHRI on LinkedIn.Connect with Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR, Elisha Middleton and Kate Connors.AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13848256/Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://www.ahri.com.au/ahri-membership

  3. 27 mei

    What does HR need to know about the NES review?

    Australia’s National Employment Standards are getting their first major comprehensive parliamentary review since being implemented in 2009. A flood of submissions from industry groups, unions and individuals highlights the variety of strong opinions about Australia's industrial landscape. In this episode, we kick off with our monthly industrial relations briefing with Amal Cimino CPHR, AHRI’s HR Standards and Capability Development Manager, who talks about the Closing Loopholes review, Federal budget outcomes and more. Following this, employment lawyer Lisa Mannering FCPHR joins host Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR to dissect the highest-stakes items on the table in the upcoming NES review, ranging from the fiercely debated push for five weeks of annual leave to the logistical headaches of casual notice periods and the campaign to force AI into mandatory consultation clauses. To wrap things up, we field a few tricky curveballs from our listeners regarding the potential changes to arise from the review. Further learning: 5 changes under consideration in the NES review: https://www.ahri.com.au/articles/5-changes-under-consideration-in-the-national-employment-standards-reviewHow casual work could evolve as a result of current legislation reviews: https://www.ahri.com.au/articles/casual-work-legislation-reviewsFederal Court judgement: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca1092 Resources: The Fair Work Commission's Pay and Conditions tool (PACT): https://calculate.fairwork.gov.au/AHRI HR's Federal Budget briefing: https://media.licdn.com/dms/document/media/v2/D561FAQEmxldWM7ttYA/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/B56Z4gQ4AIKoAY-/0/1778657757607?e=1779926400&v=beta&t=bOw2FwRy6X2ojD4uTt2szDKYUZ-K9qTw_dM-hYToqiQAHRI's Closing Loopholes draft report: https://www.dewr.gov.au/download/17619/closing-loopholes-review-draft-report/42732/closing-loopholes-review-draft-report/pdf Connect: Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahri/ Connect with Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathonwoolfrey/ Connect with Amal Cimino CPHR: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amal-cimino-cphr-6375a376/ Connect with Lisa Mannering FCPHR: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-mannering/ AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13848256/ Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://www.ahri.com.au/ahri-membership

  4. 29 apr

    Is your business on track to meet WGEA's new goal-setting targets?

    The Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) new gender goal-setting requirements are now in full effect. Is your business on track to satisfy the new requirements? In this episode of ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the compliance jargon to tackle the strategic reality of gender reporting and target setting in the workplace. Plus, AHRI's HR Standards and Capability Development Manager, Amal Cimino CPHR, offers a quick update on upcoming ER/IR changes on the horizon. In our deep dive section, we explore the powerful business case for gender equality with Dr Samone McCurdy, Executive Manager, Insights and Capability at WGEA. We dive into the latest legislative reforms, discuss the new 'menu' of targets for large employers, the importance of board-level transparency and explore how HR can use this data to influence strategy with the C-suite. Plus, we answer HR's burning listener questions – from the consequences of missing a target to managing baselines during a major company restructure. Further learning: 9 common questions about the upcoming Payday superannuation changes: https://bit.ly/49vpmzh DEI for HR Practitioners: Introduction to DEI practices course: https://bit.ly/490Kmhp Resources: AHRI's WGEA-approved Remuneration and Pay Equity Policy template (exclusive to AHRI members): https://bit.ly/4sF0DQJ WGEA gender pay gap analysis guide: https://bit.ly/4ncwvdA Connect: Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahri Connect with Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR; Amal Cimino CPHR and Dr Samone McCurdy. AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13848256/ Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://bit.ly/3RlhE4s

  5. 30 mrt

    Is AI creating a legal liability in your organisation?

    SHOW NOTES AI is moving faster than the law – is your business keeping up? In this episode of AHRI's ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the hype to tackle the complexity and ambiguity of AI in the Australian workplace.We start with a quick ER/IR landscape update (2:14 mins) from Amal Cimino CPHR, HR Standards and Capability Development Manager at AHRI, before we go deep with Natalie Gaspar, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills (9:00 mins), discussing recent NSW legislation that could impact broader states and territories and whether we should expect specific AI legal obligations on the horizon.Plus, we tackle the grey areas HR leaders actually face by answering listener questions that keep HR up at night (25:56 mins).Further learning: AI & HR: What You Need to Know to Stay Compliant course: https://bit.ly/48eHgWiEmbedding Responsible AI: Shaping Workforce Planning & Culture course: https://bit.ly/4sHnNpN Resources: Webinar with WGEA CEO Mary Woolridge (exclusive to AHRI members): https://bit.ly/4uUhz7vJustice Hatcher's AI guidance document: https://bit.ly/4bOm9wBAHRI Remuneration and Pay Equity Policy template: https://bit.ly/4sF0DQJ Connect: Follow AHRI on LinkedIn.Connect with Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR; Amal Cimino CPHR and Natalie Gaspar.AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13848256/Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://www.ahri.com.au/ahri-membership

  6. 16 mrt

    ER/IR Unpacked Trailer

    Stay ahead of the curve on all things employment and industrial relations with ER/IR Unpacked – a monthly podcast from the Australian HR Institute, the trusted home for HR professionals. Hosted by experienced HR and IR expert Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR, each episode offers practical and timely tips for the modern HR practitioner. SHOW NOTES Connect: Connect with Jonathon Woolfrey on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonathonwoolfrey/Follow AHRI on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahri/AHRI members can join the AHRI LinkedIn Lounge to access bonus content and continue the discussion: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13848256/Not yet an AHRI member? Join today and access a range of benefits, as well as a passionate community of HR practitioners: https://www.ahri.com.au/ahri-membership

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ER/IR Unpacked is a monthly podcast from the Australian HR Institute, the trusted home for HR professionals, that helps you to stay ahead of the curve on all things employment and industrial relations. Each episode offers practical and timely tips for the modern HR practitioner.

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    Australian HR Institute
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    2026
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