The New Industrial Relations: Portents for the Lowly Paid Download

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The federal government’s new industrial relations legislation (WorkChoices) is designed to radically change the way agreement-making is conducted in Australia. The proposed changes will see primacy of individual and common-law contracts over collective bargaining; significant marginalisation of third parties (unions and industrial tribunals) in the wage setting process; the emasculation of awards; and a reduction in the allowable matters for bargaining purposes. Proponents of the changes seek to strengthen managerial prerogative as a way of supporting economic growth (and, by assumption, employment growth). Opponents of the reforms are, in contrast, concerned about the overall effects on community standards such as minimum wages, reasonable hours of work, penalty rates and annual leave.

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26 Mar 2007

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26 Mar 2007

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David Plowman & Alison Preston

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