Practical ER/IR clarity for real HR decisions
ER/IR Unpacked is AHRI’s podcast for HR professionals navigating the realities of employment and industrial relations. Each episode cuts through complex legislation and workplace issues to focus on what it means in practice, with expert insights, plain-language discussion and real scenarios submitted by AHRI members. Designed for busy HR professionals, it delivers practical context to help you make confident decisions without the legal jargon.
Episode 3
What does HR need to know about the NES review?
Australia’s National Employment Standards are getting their first major comprehensive parliamentary review since being implemented in 2009. Employment lawyer Lisa Mannering FCPHR joins host Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR to dissect the highest-stakes items on the table, ranging from the fiercely debated push for five weeks of annual leave to the logistical headaches of casual notice periods and the campaign to force AI into mandatory consultation clauses.
Episode 2
Is your business on track to meet WGEA's new goal-setting targets?
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s new gender goal setting requirements are now in full effect. Is your business on track to meet the new requirements?
In this episode of ER/IR Unpacked, we tackle the strategic reality of gender reporting and target setting in the workplace. Dr Samone McCurdy, Executive Manager, Insights and Capability at WGEA, unpacks the latest legislative reforms, discusses the new ‘menu’ of targets for large employers and explores how HR can use this data to influence strategy with the C-suite.
Plus, we answer listeners’ burning questions – from the consequences of missing a target to managing baselines during a major company restructure.
Episode 1
Is AI creating a legal liability in your organisation?
AI is moving faster than the law – is your business keeping up? In this inaugural episode of AHRI’s ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the hype to tackle the complexity and ambiguity of AI in the Australian workplace.
This episode starts with a quick ER/IR landscape update (2:14 mins) from Amal Cimino CPHR, HR Standards and Capability Development Manager at AHRI, before we go deep with Natalie Gaspar, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills (9:00 mins), discussing recent NSW legislation that could impact broader states and territories and whether we should expect specific AI legal obligations on the horizon.
Plus, we tackle the grey areas HR leaders actually face by answering listener questions that keep HR up at night (25:56 mins).