Sanitarium is one of Australia’s most loved companies, and we were proud to join Sanitarium to develop a first-generation employee collective agreement for one of its manufacturing facilities—a site which has been in operation in Australia for over 100 years.

Solutions

• Advocacy and representation of Sanitarium’s interests in the food manufacturing industry, during the Award modernisation process
• Advice and assistance in transitioning to Labor’s Fair Work system
• Industrial action and dispute resolution
• Restructuring advice and assistance
• Workplace agreement negotiations, development and implementation
• Managing employee terminations and workplace grievances
• Contract and policy development and implementation

Results

• Sanitarium now has workplace agreements at their manufacturing facilities that provide tailored and specific conditions to suit their business needs
• Confidence in legal and employment advisors who have a superior understanding of Sanitarium’s operations, ideologies and strategies
• Reduction in industrial disputation with minimal litigation and loss of working hours
• Sanitarium’s business structure is now streamlined, more efficient, and better suited to the business’s needs