IR Update 2025 – Know your employer obligations
The ACA was delighted to present our annual Industrial Relations CPD webinar last week, presented by Tom Earls, partner at Fair Work Lawyers. View the recording to stay up to date on the employment landscape and what it means for you. Free for ACA members!
Originally held 11 June 2025.
ACCESS THE VIDEO RECORDING
In this session Tom will update us on key issues and obligations for architectural employers including –
- Wage and allowance increases
- Superannuation increase
- Casual employment
- Independent contractors
- Privacy Act – a new tort
- What’s coming?
OUR SPEAKER
Tom Earls honed his craft across private practice, government and industry associations before founding Fair Work Lawyers in 2014 as a firm to represent businesses – especially SMEs – and their interests. Tom has been involved in industrial relations for more than two decades and has been at the forefront of the various iterations of workplace law since. During this time, he has been at the cutting-edge of workplace relations matters, spanning industrial action, enterprise agreements, unfair and unlawful dismissals, making, varying and interpreting awards, right of entry, transfer of business, or any of the myriad of other matters that comprise the field of workplace relations, often in an intense industrial environment.
COST
FREE for ACA members
ArchiTeam members $30 incl GST
*Non-members $60 incl GST
One ticket per person.
To reserve your ticket, book below, or go direct to the booking site.
For any questions, please contact Katherine Ygosse webinars@aca.org.au.
CPD
Completion of this 1 hour webinar series and submission of the self-checked assessment task will deliver 1 formal CPD point.
Learning outcomes – To better understand employer obligations under current legislation and gain insights into future IR direction; and to clarify understanding of awards appropriate to the range of roles in architectural practice.
Units of Competency and Performance Criteria – Practice Management & Professional Conduct – PC 1.
APBSA Core Area – Practice Management
Links will be provided for recording access and CPD questions. Please complete questions after viewing the webinar in its entirety. Certificates will be provided following online submission of answers to questions. Please keep your receipt, completed questions and certificate for your CPD records.