VECCI is about to conduct more than 50 WorkChoices briefings in the CBD, metropolitan Melbourne and regional centres in the next few weeks.

"Employers around Victoria can check their options and obligations under the WorkChoices reforms by attending one of a series of briefings to be presented by industrial relations experts from VECCI", says VECCI General Manager - Workplace Relations Policy, Mr David Gregory.

"The free briefings are a vital element of the Federal Department of Employment & Workplace Relations' Employer Advisor Programme which is designed to help employers understand the new workplace relations system, which came into force at the end of March.

"Key topics will include:

• Whether your workplace is covered by WorkChoices
• What that means for you and for your employees
• How awards affect your business now
• What minimum conditions you have to provide to your employees and how conditions will be changed in the future
• How to use the new agreement-making arrangements under WorkChoices
• How the new unfair dismissal laws work and if they apply to your business

"The short, sharp briefings will be presented by the following members of VECCI's workplace relations team:

• David Gregory, General Manager - Workplace Relations Policy
• Libby O'Connor, Principal Workplace Relations Advisor
• Giuseppe Amoroso, Principal Workplace Relations Advisor
• Phil Eberhard, Senior Industrial Relations Advocate

"Each session will provide a clear and comprehensive picture of just what the changes mean with practical examples throughout the presentation", says Mr Gregory.

For details of your nearest briefing, visit: www.vecci.org.au or ph: 1800 672 731 (free call).