Industrial Relations Act & Conducting Collective Agreement

Event Date: 12 – 13 October 2015
Event Time: 9am – 5.00pm
Location: 2 Bukit Merah Central

By Ng Soh Tik, Associate Trainer, HRmatters21
Fees: S$595.00 (GST will not be applicable)

A totally  NEW  2-day intensive and practical hand-on workshop tips for immediate transfer of application  at  your workplace.  It updates the IR Act  Amendment (1 Apr 2015 ) to  safe-guard the management’s  prerogative  areas not to trade-off.  Numerous case studies provided  &  role plays staged to prepare you for “Due Inquiry”, MOM conciliation, etc.   Guide you to formulate your own salary band. What critical core job functions to be stated in Employment Letter to protect  your employers during inter-company transfer, holding official union position, the enforceability of restraint of trade clause, using Balance Scorecard as performance appraisal for senior staff, etc.

“Conducting CA negotiation” shares with you various strategies include probing opposing party’s real agendas & how to counter them. How to use the techniques/acronyms of “RESPECT, BATNA, ZOPA,”; Sun Tsu’s Art of War; how to take back something from the other party, interpret body language, calculate  cost increase and long term implication. It is not question of affordability and market practice but your company business  strategy  &  how  HR  Dept   plays its important role to align with it.

IR Act  Amendments ( effective 1 April 2015) 

  • How to safeguard your core senior staff from being unionized under this amendment;
  • How to take substantial written statement before conducting “Due  Inquiry”  in gross misconduct case contested with the presence of  union  Industrial Relations Officer
  • When inter-company  transfer of employees being contested by union
  • How to formulate salary band; issue of  jobs in the red circle, green circle;
  • Using Balance Scorecard as performance appraisal for senior staff and drawing up criteria of granting differentiated rewards 

When Conducting  Collective Bargaining With Trade Union 

  • How to use the techniques/acronyms of “RESPECT, BANTA, ZOPA” to counter  the other party’s  agenda;
  • Sun Tzu’s Art  of  War;  how to take back something from the other party
  • How to interpret body language of the other party
  • Calculate cost impact & long term implication which may cause your company business operation no more competitive
  • How to identify CA clauses which look simple & straight forward but with hidden agenda which will become long drawn dispute and huge cost incurred by company when incident happened

Workshop Leader

A HR Director, Mr Ng Soh Tik has a Master Degree in Management Training (UK), ACTA from WDA & the graduate diploma in HRM with 30 years  working experience in  HRM, IR, OB, OD, Training with local family-owned businesses, MNCs, public-listed companies, etc. in the manufacturing, engineering & marketing industries both local & overseas. He has successfully negotiated numerous CAs with different trade unions resulting in improved terms to company’s benefits.  Mr Ng will share with you his wealth of practical experience.  Don’t miss this rare seminar- workshop of tremendous value to enhance your working career.

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