AU: Horticulture growers invited to hear about new IR obligations

Peak horticulture organisation Growcom will this week kick off a series of industrial relations information seminars for fruit and vegetable growers throughout Queensland. The seminars are designed to explain:

• growers’ new legal obligations under the Fair Work Act
• details of the new Horticulture Industry Award 2010 which comes into effect from 1 January 2010
• union right of entry laws
• how to avoid unfair dismissal claims
• strategies and options available to growers under a workplace agreement
• understanding ‘good faith bargaining’ and its part in workplace agreements.

Growcom’s IR Manager Donna Mogg will present the first seminar tomorrow [Tuesday, 28 July] in Bundaberg at the Alloway Country Club, Goodwood Road from 1 pm.

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