Workplace Agreements

EI have been Australia's leading provider of Workplace Agreements for 14 years. Since making our first Workplace Agreement in 1992 we have assisted over 3000 businesses to discover the advantages of tailoring their own non-award employment arrangements.

Workplace agreements are the perfect tool to help you hot up your business, improve performance, staff motivation and workplace efficiency.

Agreements can:

• Help you simplify your payroll system;
• Provide for Incentive based pay, rather than award penalty rates;
• Smooth your costs over a year long period;
• Allow you to forecast your staff costs for the next 5 years;
• Link pay to performance;
• Replace penalty rates with other incentive payments and bonuses;
• Enable your employees to cash out up to 2 weeks annual leave per year;
• Make your workplace more flexible;
• Help you become an “employer of choice”;
• Enable you to motivate staff and create a positive team environment, and
• Reduce the amount of compliance regulation on your business.

Workplace Agreements and the new Workplace Relations legislation was deigned to give employers more flexibility in their businesses. Along with simplifying administrative procedures, employers now have the ability to use Workplace Agreements as a platform for developing incentive structures and as a tool for cultural change.

Effective incentive schemes have been proven to increase staff morale, improve teamwork, reduce turnover and improve productivity. We can help you realise these benefits by not only providing you with a legally compliant industrial agreement, but through consultation and advice concerning incentive schemes and other developmental services.

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Types of Workplace Agreements

The following types of agreements are available, and we work with you and your business to determine the most appropriate form of agreement and strategy that best suits your needs:

• Employer Greenfield Agreements for new businesses
• Employee Collective Agreements (a single agreement that covers all or a part of the business)
• Australian Workplace Agreements (an individual agreement with each employee)
• Multiple-Business Agreements for franchise groups seeking State or National consistency
  

Our Agreement Making Methodology

Our methodology for creating Workplace Agreements is to minimise complexity, increase flexibility and maximise the scope for rewarding and retaining key employees. Our end to end services cover all technical and legal aspects of workplace law through to the practical change management aspects of implementation. Workplace Agreements are the best way for employers to attract, retain and reward employees whilst improving business efficiency.

EI takes a holistic approach to Workplace Agreement management. We see it as a means to which you can reach business goals on many different levels. Our links to certified accounts, payroll and rostering services and our experience with incentive schemes allows you to realise the potential Workplace Agreements offer and to maximise organisational performance.

Pay for Performance, Not Penalties

Workplace Agreements allow you to remove your business from the restrictions of the industry award. A workplace agreement can underpin an incentive based payment structure which allows you to establish key performance indicators that support the strategic direction and outcomes of the business. It provides a cultural shift for your business and staff from an entitlement-dependent culture to a performance-recognised culture.

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