Our Expertise
MKC take a strong experienced leadership approach based on communication, management and problem solving skills with the ability to drive the change process at all organisational levels. This approach is built around experience, logic, common sense and reasonableness and a sound strategic understanding of Employee Relations.
What Industries has MKC helped?
MKC has provided IR/HR advice and assistance to Employers across a range of Industries around Australia and internationally including Building Maintenance, Coal Mining, Construction, Hospitality, Iron Ore & Metallifereous Mining, Labour Hire, Local Government, Maritime and Sport.
Employers
Why Use MK Consulting?
- MKC provides experienced strategic thinking, creative solutions and proven results.
- Support or Guidance across all industrial issues with a long and positive relationship with several major IR legal firms around Australia should legal advice and support be required.
- Successfully conducted or participated in negotiating more than 100 enterprise agreements around Australia.
- Conducted due diligence work assessing IR/HR health of businesses on behalf of Companies involved in potential acquisitions, including analysis of Industrial agreements, HR policies, strategies and the like.
- Given evidence or provided witness statements in several jurisdictions including the Fair Work Commission, the Supreme Court and the Federal Court in industrial relations matters.
MKConsulting can provide you with a broad range of IR / HR consultancy services.
- Wide-ranging IR / HR experience throughout Australia representing both employees (mid 1980’s to 1998) and employers (since 1999)
- Carried out senior leadership roles within trade union movement at State and National level in the Australian Black Coal Industry
- Involved in leadership capacity in Industry Restructuring including the rationalisation of unions and awards and the introduction of Enterprise Bargaining.
- Successfully led negotiations for the first single union Greenfield Site agreement in the Australian Black Coal Industry
- Leadership of major Industrial Negotiations and Disputes including legal and strategic aspects.
- Involved in and / or led several overseas Trade Union and Tri-Partite delegations including investigating Best Practice and as an NGO adviser at the United Nations in New York.
- Experienced in all forms of Agreement making under Australian Federal legislation.
- Negotiation and implementation of agreements at both Greenfield and established sites and the provision of day to day IR and Management support of those agreements.
- Conducted IR / HR Management Appraisals and Business Process Reviews in both Australia and the United Kingdom.
- Developed and implemented Performance Management systems; Roster and Work Pattern design and implementation and other similar management systems and policies across a range of businesses
- Designed and conducted training seminars in IR / HR Management practice and systems.
- Developed and conducted specialised training in Negotiating Skills for a range of management personnel from senior managers to inexperienced management team members
How can MKC help you ?
MKC is broadly experienced and strategically astute in the role as adviser and committed to responding to what clients need.
Industrial Relations
Business Reviews
General IR / HR Advice
Roster and Work Pattern Design and Implementation
Workplace Restructuring
Enterprise Bargaining
Agreement Making
Dispute Resolution
IR / HR Training
IR Due Diligence
FAQ
Michael Kelly has been directly involved in the negotiation of more than 100 federal enterprise agreements under Australian legislation. In other cases, Michael has provided ongoing strategic and background support to businesses conducting negotiations.
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