Assessment item 2 Employee consultation in offshoring Length: 2,900 words Task In this task, you will be considering the efficacy of best practice guidance on employee consultation, with particular reference to plant closures in the offshoring of jobs. The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) has produced a best practice guide to consultation and cooperation in the workplace. This guide outlines the processes that employers ought to apply in workplace consultation. Recent examples of plant closures and relocation of jobs overseas has highlighted possible gaps in the coverage and efficacy of these guidelines. This link will take you to one such example.  You are asked to prepare a report that considers possible gaps in the FWO best practice guide, in light of research on employee consultation, recent case examples where employee consultation may not have occurred as imagined in the best practice guide, and other advice on employee consultation offered by employer and union bodies. Make recommendations on how the best practice guide may be strengthened. Topics 2 to 7 are relevant to this task. Details of the report format are provided below. Requirements • You will need to access the Best practice guide to Consultation and cooperation in the workplace that has been produced by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). You will find this on the FWO website. • Then, consider what guidance has been provided on employee consultation in research articles, recent case examples and advice produced by employer and union bodies. • Taking this material into consideration, identify gaps in the FWO best practice guide and prepare at least four recommendations for improvement to the guide. • You will find research literature on employee consultation in journal databases available through the CSU library, such as Business Source Complete.

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