Reflections on Industrial Relations in Practice

Abstract

The Sydney Employment Relations Research Group and the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies invite you to this seminar by Joseph Catanzariti AM, Vice President of the Fair Work Commission. Joe will reflect on his role with the Fair Work Commission over 11 years, including some of the significant matters he has been involved with and what he believes are the attributes needed for a good decision maker. Joe has had primary responsibility for a number of non-judicial functions that he will reflect upon, including professional development and performance. Besides reflections on his experiences as a senior member of the Fair Work Commission, Joe will discuss how his previous business skills guided him and why he believes it is essential that every court and tribunal should have a senior judicial officer with those skills.

Presenter

Joseph Catanzariti AM, is a Vice President of the Fair Work Commission, Australia’s national workplace relations tribunal. Joe has held that position since June 2013 and will cease in that role upon his statutory retirement in June 2024. Prior to his appointment to the Fair Work Commission, Joe was a senior Partner of Clayton Utz and Practice Leader of the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Practice Group. Joe was a trusted adviser to many of Australia's leading private companies and government departments, advising on all aspects of employment law and workplace relations, including developing employment relations strategies, industrial disputes, conciliation and arbitration before State, Territory and Federal Courts, work health and safety (WHS), employee fraud, discrimination, corporate governance, due diligence and senior executive remuneration and terminations. Joe was also a highly experienced Commercial Litigator.