Recruitment Fees: How to Make Binding & Effective Agreements

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Recruitment Fees: How to Make Binding & Effective Agreements

Overview:

Promoting and maintaining professional standards in the Recruitment and Staffing industry is the ethos of RCSA. An area of development that gets constant attention is understanding the fundamentals of Recruitment Fees. RCSA in partnership with Andrew C. Wood, Honorary FRCSA (Life) Member, will be covering the basics of making binding and effective recruitment agreements and how to handle fee disputes professionally and ethically.

The topic will be delivered via live webinar across the following dates:

Thursday, 27 February 2020, 10:30am - 11:30am AEDT
Session one will cover how to make binding and effective recruitment fee agreements that will reduce the cost of disputes and that help get fees paid

Friday, 28 February 2020, 10:30am - 11:30am AEDT
Session two will cover deals with how to handle recruitment fee disputes professionally and ethically

Learning Outcomes for Session One:

Basics of contract
The battle of forms - Does the client's purchase order trump your standard terms?
Traps when using standard form terms of business
State and Territory employment agent regulation
What happens if your terms of business are not signed?
Terms of business that need special treatment

Learning Outcomes for Session Two:

Common causes of recruitment fee disputes
Common defences to recruitment fee claims
Traps to avoid when involved in disputes
RCSA Code of Conduct and Grievance Intervention Guidelines
Pathways to resolution
The benefit of early intervention

Bushfire Fund:

Victoria's bush fire season is far from over. RCSA is committed to supporting the work of the Red Cross who during this bush fire season are helping the communities impacted by the devastating fires.

On behalf of our presenter, Andrew C. Wood a total of $500 will be donated to the Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal.

We thank you in advance for participating in the delivery of this webinar

Meet the facilitator: Andrew C. Wood Hon FRCSA (Life)

Andrew is an Australian Lawyer with over 35 years' experience as a solicitor and barrister. He retired from practice in 2019 to concentrate on full-time mediation and workforce governance through WorkAccord. He is the author of the ACCC authorised RCSA Code for Professional Conduct, its Grievance Intervention Guidelines, its StaffSure Certification Standard, and many of its templates including the Recruitment Client Services Agreement. Andrew is an accredited mediator with Resolution Institute and is regularly engaged as the unit course co-ordinator and lecturer for QUT's Employment Law unit.

Delivery:

The live session is recorded and a copy of the recording distributed to all registered participants. Please note: There will be a 5 day limited access period to view the recording post the live session.

Webinar joining links are emailed to participants within 24 hours after registration

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