Operational IR advice, enterprise agreement strategy, and dispute resolution — protecting your commercial position at every stage.
Industrial Relations Consulting
Industrial Relations is one of the most consequential — and most frequently mismanaged — areas of business. When it's reactive, it consumes management time, narrows your options, and shifts leverage toward unions and employees.
At SHR Consultants, we help organisations take back control. We combine deep IR expertise with a structured, commercially focused approach — so you're never caught flat-footed, whether you're responding to a dispute or planning your next enterprise agreement.
Our IR advice is practical, experienced, and designed to deliver outcomes that protect your business and strengthen your long-term position.
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Day-to-day IR support across the full range of operational matters — from award and agreement interpretation to managing union interactions, workplace delegates, and right-of-entry visits.
We provide timely, commercially grounded advice that keeps your operations moving and your exposure managed.
Enterprise bargaining is one of the highest-stakes processes a business undertakes. We support you through the entire EA lifecycle — from initial strategy and log of claims analysis to negotiation, BOOT testing, and embedding outcomes post-approval.
Our experience across hundreds of EAs means we anticipate union tactics, protect commercial objectives, and achieve durable agreements.
A structured, evidence-based review of your IR landscape — identifying compliance gaps, relationship risks, and commercial opportunities before they become costly problems.
You receive a prioritised risk register and a practical roadmap for addressing what matters most.
Representation and advice for matters before the Fair Work Commission — including unfair dismissal, general protections, bargaining disputes, and protected industrial action.
We prepare your case thoroughly and represent your interests with authority.
Underpayment exposure is now a governance risk, not just an HR issue. We conduct thorough compliance audits against applicable modern awards and enterprise agreements — identifying gaps and building remediation plans before the regulator does.
Business restructures carry significant IR and ER risk if not managed carefully. We guide you through consultation obligations, redundancy processes, and workforce change — reducing legal exposure and protecting your employer brand.
Enterprise Agreements
Enterprise bargaining is a complex, multi-stage process that demands strategic thinking at every step. We work alongside your leadership team from pre-bargaining preparation through to post-approval implementation.
Define objectives, assess the current agreement, analyse union claims, develop your negotiation strategy and contingency plans.
Lead or support negotiations — managing the table, the timeline, and the relationship dynamics that determine outcomes.
Manage the approval process, Fair Work Commission submission, and Better Off Overall Test compliance.
Translate new agreement provisions into operations — communicating changes, training managers, and tracking compliance.
Why It Matters
A poorly negotiated enterprise agreement can cost your business significantly — in wage costs, flexibility constraints, and industrial disruption — for the life of the agreement (typically 3–4 years).
The right strategy, preparation, and advice at the table makes the difference between an agreement that works for your business and one you're managing around for years.
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