In a decision with potentially far-reaching implications, a major energy generator and retailer will be forced to pay portable long service leave for maintenance and repair workers who were effectively ruled part of the construction industry.

This one-day event provides resources and energy executives and workforce professionals with an unrivalled opportunity to grasp the industrial and employee relations challenges ahead.

Psychosocial risks can affect employee health and performance. To address this, AREEA has created a web resource providing practical guidance on managing these risks.

Australian employers with 500 or more employees will soon need to select and achieve – or make progress on – gender equality targets.

AREEA CEO Steve Knott has called for an elected Coalition government to closely review Labor’s “same job, same pay” laws and consider significant amendments.

Mr Knott was responding to Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s revelation that he would not abolish the controversial legislation.

In a significant decision, the High Court has found construction giant J Hutchinson and the CFMEU were not complicit in anticompetitive behaviour despite the builder terminating a non-union contractor under threat of industrial action.

AREEA and REMSMART proudly present your extensive, up-to-date industry report on pay, incentives, turnover and other key workforce data.

This fifth edition of the Resources and Energy Industry Workforce Insights & Remuneration Report reveals movements in salary, compensation and benefits as well as key intelligence on flexibility and inclusion, training opportunities, workplace behaviours, leave entitlements, drug and alcohol policies and more.

Australia’s employment laws are a minefield of complexity, risk and – if you don’t get it right – costly litigation.

There has never been a more important time for AREEA’s members to tap into the expertise of our people and resources.