Workplace productivity: challenges and opportunities in oil and gas
Chris GardnerSeyfarth Shaw Australia.
The APPEA Journal 55(2) 462-462 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ14097
Published: 2015
Abstract
This extended abstract complements APPEA’s Improving Labour Productivity Report, while serving as a bridge for the submission that APPEA made to the Productivity Commission as a part of its intended review into workplace regulations. This extended abstract highlights some of the challenges faced in the oil and gas construction and operations sector, examining some of the underlying regulatory drivers. The international context will be drawn upon, together with an examination of possible solutions.
Chris Gardner is a partner in the International Labor & Employment practice of Seyfarth Shaw Australia. He is a workplace relations lawyer who assists leading employers on high stakes advice and litigation. Chris has a particular passion for advising on workplace strategy and enterprise bargaining and representing employers in union-related litigation. He also advises and represents employers in individual litigation such as termination of employment, adverse action and bullying. Chris has worked with clients across sectors including construction, logistics, manufacturing, maritime, mining, oil and gas, and telecommunications. Chris has featured in Best Lawyers International for Labour and Employment since 2008 and in Chambers Global since 2010. His public comments are often sought after and he has spoken about good faith bargaining on Foxtel’s Law TV, and on the 2012 bargaining climate on the Qantas Q Radio Talking Business program. Chris has LLB and BEc degrees from Monash University in Melbourne. |
References
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