Expert COLLECTIVE BARGAINING & employment Relations Solutions

Welcome to Franklin NZ Consulting Ltd


With over 25 years of experience in employment/industrial relations and collective bargaining, I help organisations navigate complex employment relations challenges with confidence.


Collective bargaining is a high-cost activity – not just in terms of parties’ time and money, but also in terms of reputation and working relationships. Consequently, successful negotiations require preparation, expertise, and a clear strategy.


As a highly experienced and well-respected negotiator, my approach to collective bargaining focuses on measuring success against three key criteria: how the parties negotiate (the bargaining process), the impact on the parties’ working relationship, and the quality of the resultant collective agreement.


The bargaining process used by the parties should be efficient and effective.


The working relationship between the parties should be maintained, improved, or – at the very least – not damaged.


The collective agreement reached by the parties should be desirable and durable.


This approach helps parties address their key interests, maintain productive relationships, and achieve practical and durable agreements.


If you are, or your organisation is:

  • tired of achieving unsatisfactory results when bargaining collectively;
  • interested in learning how to achieve better collective bargaining outcomes;
  • new to collective bargaining; or
  • experiencing:
  • adversarial collective bargaining
  • ongoing issues with collective agreement non- compliance
  • unproductive union/management relationships
  • ongoing workplace disputes and conflict

my interest-based approach may be what you need.


As a trusted employment relations specialist, I also provide strategic advice, advocacy, coaching, training and constructive problem-solving to achieve pragmatic and sustainable outcomes.


Whether you are preparing for collective bargaining, seeking to improve workplace relationships or building in-house capability, I deliver practical solutions tailored to you and your organisation's unique needs.