Industrial Relations Consulting

Supporting employers  and employment law practitioners in employee relation matters 
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OUR SERVICE

Industrial Relations Consulting supports employers and employment law practitioners in industrial relations matters.

We understand the increasing complexity of industrial relations matters and the greater risk for potential litigation, and aim to provide peace of mind to Human Resources professionals and employment law practitioners through legally sound management of such matters to avoid risk of future litigation. We work closely with both employers directly and Employment law solicitors to support them in providing impartial advice and support with workplace investigations and mediations in addition to general support in the preparation and advocacy of Fair Work, Human Rights Commission and Work Cover claims.

About Us

Based in Cairns, Queensland Industrial Relations Consulting was founded with a desire to provide clients with high level and reliable solutions to Industrial Relations matters.

Margaret (Marg) McMahon, Managing Director holds over 20 years experience in industrial relations within executive and operational management positions.

Specialising in supporting organisations and HR professionals as a trusted industrial relations advisor Marg specialises in Workplace Investigations, Enterprise Bargaining, Fair work and Human Rights advocacy and high risk terminations.

Marg has the knowledge and experience to uniquely balance the practicalities of business operations with the industrial compliance required.
Marg has been a Senior Workplace Advisor in Far North Queensland since 2017, working alongside clients from all industries within both private and government sectors.

Industrial Relations Consulting will support you to navigate complex IR matters and ensure your organisation has robust industrial relations compliance.

General Advice

As your IR partner, we manage your employee matters to ensure legislative compliance and timely resolution. Due to the high potential for litigation, we believe that human resources professionals and organisations should partner with external advisors in the same manner as is commonplace for finance, IT and workplace health and safety matters. Let us resolve your IR matters, so you can focus on human resource management for the workforce more broadly. 

Our Services include:

  • General advice

  • IR audits and compliance

  • Workplace investigations, mediation and dispute resolution

  • strategies for risk mitigation

  • Wage claims and underpayments

  • Bullying, harassment & discrimination

  • Fair Work Commission matters

  • Human Rights Commission matters

Workplace Investigations

In the event that an incident occurs which may warrant a workplace investigation, we work with you to determine and guide you through the most appropriate employer response.

We provide you with options and recommendations, including whether an investigation can or should be avoided. 
Technically correct and impartial investigations are essential to enable employers to defend claims.

As independent investigators, we conduct unbiased, thorough, factual and detailed investigations. 

We ensure that investigation methods and outcomes withstand scrutiny and are objectively fair and impartial. 

Enterprise Bargaining

Recent changes to the Fair Work Act in December 2022 has resulted in the bargaining process being far more complex.

We offer advice and assistance at every stage of the enterprise bargaining process. 

Enterprise bargaining is a complex process which most HR managers may only do once or sometimes not at all in their careers. An organisations Enterprise Agreement is one of the most critical, legally binding elements for any business.

Advocacy

In the event that a claim is made against you or you are a party to a dispute, we can represent you in the Fair Work

Commission and Human Rights Commission. Our aim is to settle claims in a timely and cost-effective manner. 
We represent employers in all claims, for example:

  • preparation of claim responses

  • representation in the Fair Work Commission

  • representation in the Human Rights Commission

Mediation & Dispute Resolution

We offer employers assistance with both mediation and facilitated discussions by representing or supporting employers to conduct mediations to resolve workplace grievances or disputes.

Terminations

The single biggest risk for a Fair Work claim is when employees exit an organisation.

Let us guide or facilitate the process to ensure you have the maximum protection against a future claim. We can support you in all types of terminations and redundancies in addition to negotiated exits.

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