This comprehensive course gives you the opportunity to build a broad foundation in six essential areas of employment relations, employment and labor law and alternative dispute resolution.

The first of six sessions focuses on the key factors which shape work and employment relations.  The second session examines the law governing relations between employers and workers acting collectively through unions. The third session develops knowledge, skills and abilities of HR professionals in assessing organizational issues and taking action to implement evidence – based solutions to real world problems. The fourth session enables you to understand the internal and external forces and the pressures on employers to be competitive while safeguarding workers from potential occupational hazards, injuries of production and discrimination from immutable characteristics given that the Fijian workplace is more diverse than ever.  The fifth session delves into specialty areas of conflict management, application and practice. The course ends with a focus on the process of Mediation as an alternate dispute resolution as practiced by the Fiji Mediation Centre.  

COURSE AGENDA

Session 1: Work and Employment Relations in Fiji  

Session 2: Employment Relations and Labor Law 

Session 3: Managing Human Resources and Employment Relations  

Session 4: Workplace Policies and Governance    

Session 5: Conflict Management  

Session 6: Managing Conflicts & Resolving Disputes Effectively – The Mediation Process  

COURSE BENEFITS  

• Identify and apply the perspectives, theories, and concepts in the field of employment and labor relations
• Look up laws and court cases relating to employment relations and labor law.
• Acquire a sound understanding of the growing breathe of human rights obligations in the workplace & legal considerations
• Develop a knowledge of how economic developments impact the structure of workplace regulation
• Explain and evaluate an employment contract; Examine legal considerations at the conclusion of the employment relationship including dismissal with and without cause. 
• Apply the key principles of workplace policies and governance that are relevant to employment relations and work; Develop knowledge, skills and abilities as HR professionals in the field
• Examine new and potentially innovative ways of dealing with workplace today and in the future. 
• Acquire a sound understanding of mediation as a means of managing conflicts & resolving disputes.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

• Business leaders looking to better understand legal issues: 
• Founders and entrepreneurs
• In-house counsels with no HR background
• Managers and professionals who regularly work with HR personnel 
• Professional HR who are interested in managing conflicts & resolving disputes 

FACILITATOR 

The sessions will be presented by a professional of deep knowledge and experience in both academic and the corporate space. She has over twenty years in management and board directorship experience in private, statutory and non-profit organizations – currently a practicing attorney. She is also a Certified Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre & a member of the Fiji Mediation Centre. The sessions offer rich legal insight and practical approaches to real-life situations. 

COURSE DURATION & ASSESSMENT 

TRAINING VENUE: Suva – 107 Foster Court, Walu Bay

WHAT IS YOUR INVESTMENT: Fee – $1200.00. Meals – $120.00 (6 days x $20). Total: $1320.00