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Cooperative Workplaces Symposium
Date:
13 October 2020 to 14 October 2020
The Fair Work Commission in partnership with Macquarie University is proud to present a free Symposium on Cooperative Workplaces.
Participants will hear perspectives on cooperative workplaces from employer and union parties, leading Australian and international academics and practitioners and parties to the Commission’s New Approaches Program.
When
Tuesday, 13 October 2020, 9am – 2.30pm (AEDT)
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 9am – 2pm (AEDT)
Where
To be held via Zoom.
Cost
There is no cost to attend but registration will be required.
Registration
You can register for the symposium through the following link, hosted on the Macquarie University website https://event.mq.edu.au/cooperative-workplaces-symposium/registration/Site/Register
Program
Day One Tuesday 13 October 2020.
Please note: All times are (AEDT) - Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
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Time (AEDT) |
Session |
Speakers |
Chair/facilitator |
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9am |
Acknowledgement of country and welcome |
The Hon. Justice Iain Ross |
N/A |
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9.10am |
Employer and union perspectives on cooperative workplaces |
Natalie Lang Secretary ASU NSW/ACT Andrew Richardson, CEO Aruma Steve Kinmond, CEO of Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies |
Deputy President Anna Booth |
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10:30am Break |
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11am |
3 concurrent sessions featuring 2 case studies each on cooperative processes in enterprise bargaining and organisational change |
See below |
See below |
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12:30pm Break |
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1pm |
Academic perspectives on cooperative workplaces |
Professors Mark Bray, Johanna Macneil and Andrew Stewart |
Professor Daryll Hull |
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2:30pm Close |
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Day One Concurrent sessions
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Stream |
Enterprise bargaining |
Organisational change |
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Organisations |
Macquarie University and NTEU |
Transdev and TWU |
News Corp and AMWU |
Opal and AMWU |
LaTrobe Health and ASU |
Aruma and ASU |
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Speakers |
Nick Crowley |
Bob Parton |
Marcus Hooke |
Chris Zyner |
Alison Skeldon |
Kim Parish |
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Nikki Balnave |
Mark Bydder (TWU) |
Lorraine Cassin (AMWU) |
Katrina Ford (AMWU) |
Tash Wark (ASU) |
Angus McFarland (ASU) |
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Craig MacMillan |
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Katherine Hughes |
Joe Ardolino |
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Mick Bull (AMWU) |
Ray Wynne |
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Chair/ facilitator |
Deputy President Melanie Binet |
Commissioner Susan Booth |
Commissioner Katrina Harper-Greenwell |
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Q & A Moderator |
Professor Daryll Hull |
Deputy President Anna Booth |
Vice President Joe Catanzariti |
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Day Two Wednesday 14 October 2020
Please note: All times are (AEDT) - Australian Eastern Daylight Time.
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Time (AEDT) |
Session |
Speakers |
Chair/facilitator |
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9am |
Acknowledgement of country and welcome |
Bernadette O’Neill, General Manager FWC |
N/A |
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9.15am |
How to improve cooperation in workplaces |
David Hoffman and Audrey Lee, Boston Law Collaborative and Harvard Law School Faculty |
Vice President Joe Catanzariti |
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10am Break |
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10.30am |
US experience of cooperative workplaces |
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; Dennis Dabney, Senior Vice President, National Labor Relations and Office of Labor Management Partnership Kaiser Permanente; Hal Ruddick, Executive Director, Alliance of Health Care Unions; Jim Pruitt, Vice President, LMP and National Labor Relations, The Permanente Federation; Beth Schindler, Regional Director, Northwestern States, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service |
Deputy President Anna Booth |
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12:30pm Break |
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1pm |
NZ experience of cooperative workplaces |
Andrew Dallas, Chief of the New Zealand Employment Relations Authority Judy Dell, Principal Mediator New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Vicki Campbell, Member Employment Relations Authority |
Deputy President Anna Booth |
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1:45pm |
Wrap up of the day with Deputy President Anna Booth |
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2pm Close |
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