Over the last 15 to 20 years organisations in Australia have undergone sweeping reforms in an attempt to remain or become globally competitive.

Throughout this time Meyrick and Associates has pioneered policy and practice in relation to a number of crucial aspects of this reform. In the late 1980s we assisted heavy industry sector companies to introduce groundbreaking employee participation processes, and we developed some of the country's earliest non-adversarial dispute resolution systems for manufacturing, health and transport sector clients. Our research has also contributed to the institutional reform of sectors such as ports, stevedoring, shipping, and road transport.

The following three key sets of principles continue to underlie the support and assistance we provide our clients today:

These principles frame the way we review and develop a broad range of employment relations, dispute resolution and enterprise bargaining strategies that help our clients to build enduring relationships with their staff and support the ongoing pursuit of their business goals.

We can help you to refine or implement current policies and practices or craft new policies so that they meet your exact needs and are practical, comprehensive and easy to use.

We can also assist you to navigate your way through difficult employment relations issues with executives, managers, employees or unions.

Alternatively we can provide an independent professional view or act as impartial mediators in relation to contentious and potentially intractable issues.

Benefits of using Meyrick

Breadth of experience: Our consultants include former executives who bring you the benefit of extensive experience in assisting companies and government agencies throughout Australia and overseas.

Strategic and practical: Our work has earned us a reputation for developing solutions that address our clients' interests in a practical and sustainable way.

Long-standing partnerships: We value highly our long-standing relationships with our clients. We strive to build these relationships by working side by side with them rather than adopting a distant advisory position.

Committed to professional excellence through multi-disciplinary learning: Our key source of competitive advantage is our practical and analytical resources. So we continuously invest in these through formal and informal learning for all of our staff.

Some of our Projects

Fiji Ministry of Transport: Provide advice on a redundancy strategy following privatisation of a stevedoring operation

ADI Munitions: Develop and implement an employee relations system

Australian Health Management Group: Develop and implement an employee relations system

Alcan Gove Ltd: Develop a conflict resolution strategy

Maritime sector authority: Undertake employment relations investigations

Joy Mining: Develop an industrial dispute settlement and return to work strategy.