ER/IR Unpacked

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By: Australian HR Institute

ER/IR Unpacked is a monthly podcast from the Australian HR Institute, the trusted home for HR professionals, that helps you to stay ahead of the curve on all things employment and industrial relations. Each episode offers practical and timely tips for the modern HR practitioner.

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Casual, permanent or somewhere in between? with Amanda Junkeer
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#9
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Australia’s casual employment rules have changed, and they’re already being put to the test. Last month, the Fair Work Commission made its first order under the new employee choice pathway, requiring a university to convert a casual academic to part-time.

Amanda Junkeer, Partner at Gadens, joins us to unpack what the new framework means in practice and how HR should handle a casual employee who wants to go permanent.

We also speak with Lisa Mannering FCPHR, who gives us an update on the latest ER/IR news this month, including new procedural changes to h...


When is HR personally liable? with Joydeep Hor
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#8
09/29/2026

We're taking ER/IR Unpacked on the road. If you're based in Geelong or Newcastle, we're coming to you live this October to help you get practical answers to your complex ER/IR questions. This in-person, full-day program is designed to help you navigate complex situations. Book your spot today: https://bit.ly/4xTr1sJ

With strict criminal wage theft provisions in effect, coupled with a regulatory crackdown on psychosocial health and safety, HR is operating under closer legal scrutiny than ever before.

Host Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR is joined by employment lawyer Joydeep Hor to...


Three employment lawyers answer HR’s ER/IR questions (part two)
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#7
09/02/2026

We're taking ER/IR Unpacked on the road. If you're based in Geelong or Newcastle, we're coming to you live this October to help you get practical answers to your complex ER/IR questions. This in-person, full-day program is designed to help you navigate complex situations. Book your spot today: https://bit.ly/4xTr1sJ

Imagine having a team of employment lawyers on hand to ask your most pressing industrial and employment relations questions. What would you ask?

In part two of this special live recording from AHRI’s National Convention and Exhibition in Brisbane, ho...


Three employment lawyers answer HR’s ER/IR questions (part one)
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#6
08/26/2026

We're taking ER/IR Unpacked on the road. If you're based in Geelong or Newcastle, we're coming to you live this October to help you get practical answers to your complex ER/IR questions. This in-person, full-day program is designed to help you navigate complex situations. Book your spot today: https://bit.ly/4xTr1sJ

Have you ever wished you could throw your most pressing industrial and employment relations questions to a team of employment lawyers? That's exactly what we did last month.

In this special live episode, recorded at AHRI’s National Convention and Ex...


Managing safety risk during redundancy, redeployment and restructuring
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#5
07/26/2026

We're taking ER/IR Unpacked on the road. If you're based in Geelong or Newcastle, we're coming to you live this October to help you get practical answers to your complex ER/IR questions. This in-person, full-day program is designed to help you navigate complex situations. Book your spot today: https://bit.ly/4xTr1sJ

Cutting headcount is one of the toughest calls HR has to make. And today, it's more complicated than ever.

Restructures, redundancies and redeployments come with enough challenges on their own. Add psychosocial safety risks into the mix, and the room...


How can you maintain psychosocial safety in performance management?
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#4
06/28/2026

We're taking ER/IR Unpacked on the road. If you're based in Geelong or Newcastle, we're coming to you live this October to help you get practical answers to your complex ER/IR questions. This in-person, full-day program is designed to help you navigate complex situations. Book your spot today: https://bit.ly/4xTr1sJ

Performance management season is here. Is fear stopping your leaders from having hard, but necessary, conversations?

In this episode of ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the stress to explore how to effectively navigate performance reviews through a psychosocial safety...


What does HR need to know about the NES review?
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#3
05/27/2026

Australia’s National Employment Standards are getting their first major comprehensive parliamentary review since being implemented in 2009. A flood of submissions from industry groups, unions and individuals highlights the variety of strong opinions about Australia's industrial landscape.

In this episode, we kick off with our monthly industrial relations briefing with Amal Cimino CPHR, AHRI’s HR Standards and Capability Development Manager, who talks about the Closing Loopholes review, Federal budget outcomes and more.

Following this, employment lawyer Lisa Mannering FCPHR joins host Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR to dissect the highest-stakes items on the table in the upco...


Is your business on track to meet WGEA's new goal-setting targets?
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#2
04/29/2026

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) new gender goal-setting requirements are now in full effect. Is your business on track to satisfy the new requirements?

In this episode of ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the compliance jargon to tackle the strategic reality of gender reporting and target setting in the workplace. Plus, AHRI's HR Standards and Capability Development Manager, Amal Cimino CPHR, offers a quick update on upcoming ER/IR changes on the horizon.

In our deep dive section, we explore the powerful business case for gender equality with Dr Samone McCurdy, Executive Manager...


Is AI creating a legal liability in your organisation?
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#1
03/30/2026

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AI is moving faster than the law – is your business keeping up? In this episode of AHRI's ER/IR Unpacked, we strip away the hype to tackle the complexity and ambiguity of AI in the Australian workplace.We start 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...


ER/IR Unpacked Trailer
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03/16/2026

Stay ahead of the curve on all things employment and industrial relations with ER/IR Unpacked – a monthly podcast from the Australian HR Institute, the trusted home for HR professionals.

Hosted by experienced HR and IR expert Jonathon Woolfrey FCPHR, each episode offers practical and timely tips for the modern HR practitioner.

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