EC Workplace specialises in providing early childhood services comprehensive support in all areas of industrial relations, human resources and management responsibilities such as:
EC Workplace provides early childhood services focused and strategic industrial relations support for all workplace matters. This includes support with managing staff conflict, managing underperformance, reviewing and updating employment contracts, disciplinary or workplace culture matters, negotiating with unions, enterprise bargaining, Fair Work Commission matters and general IR support.
EC Workplace is available to assist your service with all your HR needs. These may include recruitment and selection, employee engagement, performance planning and evaluation, mentoring and coaching, facilitated discussions, tailored workshops and training, and general HR support.
EC Workplace can assist your service respond to any complaint made by an employee or parent. This will include assistance in following your complaints procedure in a procedurally fair and timely manner, and liaising with all parties ethically and respectively.
If a complaint or allegation of misconduct or serious misconduct has been made in your workplace you may be obliged to launch a workplace investigation to determine the facts. EC Workplace can provide your service with a suitably qualified and licenced investigator to ensure an independent and unbiased investigation, which is recommended under the rules of ‘procedural fairness’ and ‘natural justice’.
All early childhood services are obliged to report reportable conduct matters to the Commissioner for Children and Young People. EC Workplace is available to assist your service meet these obligations, including implementing an independent and impartial investigation into allegations of reportable conduct or misconduct that may involve reportable conduct. We are also available to assist your service with training staff and volunteers in all aspects of safeguarding best practice.
Staff conflict may be due to a misunderstanding or miscommunication and, if not addressed, may develop into something more serious. An avenue that has a strong track record of success is mediation. This is where a qualified and nationally accredited mediator brings the parties together to discuss their differences and work towards an agreed outcome. EC Workplace can provide your service with a mediator to facilitate a workplace mediation in a safe and respectful manner.
Early childhood has a range of state and federal obligations including ensuring mandatory policies and procedures are relevant and up to date. EC Workplace is available to review and update your policies and procedures to ensure compliance and best-practice.
Our team includes specialist advisors to support your early childhood governance obligations. EC Workplace also has finance specialists to provide advice and support with your obligations, as well as for relevant grant applications.
EC Workplace can provide your service with advice regarding your options for growth. This may include organisational review and design, strategic planning, operational management and compliance. Your service may also benefit from our advice regarding any consideration of moving to an Early Years Management organisation.
EC Workplace is available to assist your service with specialist OHS and WorkCover support. This includes advice about OHS management responsibilities, responding to OHS issues raised by employees or their unions, and advice about how to respond to an accepted WorkCover claim.
EC Workplace Director, Nick Church, has completed workplace investigations into allegations of misconduct and serious misconduct in the Victorian schools sector, as well as in the university sector.