Topic 4 Employment Relations

 

Section 1 The Nature of Employment Relations
Section 2 Key Influences on Employment Relations
Section 3 Effective Employment Relations
Section 4 Legal Framework of Employment
Section 5 Industrial Conflict
Section 6 Ethical and Legal Aspects

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Section 1 The Nature of Employment Relations

Workplace Relations Act 1996
http://law.ausinfo.gov.au/html/pasteact/0/70/top.htm

This site allows students and teachers to download and search the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

Office of the Employment Advocate
http://www.oea.gov.au

The Office of the Employment Advocate is an integral part of the Workplace Relations Act. The Advocates's website includes basic information regarding Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA's), development, lodging procedures and the role of the Employment Advocate.

Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business
http://www.dwrsb.gov.au

Includes fact sheets and user guides, covering Termination of Employment, "Agreement Making", and "Industrial Action and compliance"; the Workplace Relations Act, the Workplace Relations Regulations and Explanatory Memorandum.

http://www.wagenet.gov.au/factshts.html

http://www.actu.asn.au

http://www.abol.net/acci

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Section 2 Key Influences on Employment Relations

 

Business Council of Australia
http://www.bca.com.au/default.asp?pnewsid=1186&psiteid=BCA&menu=true

This paper details the Business Council of Australia's view on Labour Market Reform. In particular the paper examines building cooperative and productive workplaces and the priorities for workplace reform.

 

http://www.abol.net/irdoc.htm

http://www.dtir.qld.gov.au

http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3110122.nsf/66b4effdf36063e24a25648300177cd5/c02293a737df6dc34a2564ae00013858?opendocument

http://www.oea.gov.au

http://www.dewrsb.gov.au

http://www.airc.gov.au

http://www.eeo.nsw.gov.au

http://www.indrel.agps.gov.au

http://www.wagenet.gov.au/glossary/html

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Section 3 Effective Employment Relations

 

Australian Productivity Commission
www.pc.gov.au

The Productivity Commission, an independent Commonwealth agency, is the Government's principal review and advisory body on microeconomic policy and regulation. This site includes information on research and media releases relating to Australia's economic productivity. http://www.pc.gov.au/research/program/topic4.html This site includes information from the Australian Productivity Commission regarding labour market inequality in Australia: trends, causes and consequences, links between industrial relations practices and labour productivity growth, unemployment and re-employment of displaced workers, the growth and decline of employment at the firm level, changing earnings distribution in Australia: the role of technical change, unemployment: economic analysis and policy modelling and understanding the growth in 'non-traditional' employment.

 

http://www.dewrsb.gov.au

http://www.airc.gov.au

http://www.eeo.nsw.gov.au

http://www.indrel.agps.gov.au

http://www.wagenet.gov.au/glossary/html

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Section 4 Legal Framework of Employment

Australian Industrial Relations Commission
http://www.airc.gov.au

This site is an excellent site to examine recent decisions of the AIRC, awards and major decisions.

University of Wollongong HSC Economics Page
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~gep/activity4.htm

Try the activity on the characteristics of the labour force in Australia, which gives students an orientation to the Australian Labour Market. This site also includes a glossary of relevant Labour market terms.

 

http://www.dir.nsw.gov.au/pubs/equity/index.htm

http://www.dir.nsw.gov.au/misc/links.htm

http://www.labor.net.au

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Section 5 Industrial Conflict

Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business
http://www.dwrsb.gov.au

Includes fact sheets and user guides, covering Termination of Employment, "Agreement Making", and "Industrial Action and compliance"; the Workplace Relations Act, the Workplace Relations Regulations and Explanatory Memorandum.

 

http://www.labor.net.au/workers/magazine/latest

http://www.idealsafety.com.au

http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au

http://www.worksafe.com.au

http://www.cf.ac.uk/ccin/union

http://www.dir.nsw.gov.au/misc/links.htm

http://www.labor.net.au

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Section 6 Ethical and Legal Aspects

Osiris
http://indrel.ausinfo.gov.au

This site includes the full text of federal awards, variations, certified agreements and decisions of the AIRC.

 

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/cc.nsf/pages/index

http://www.dir.nsw.gov.au/pubs/brochure/dismissal.htm

http://members.xoom.com/takver/wharfie/who.htm

http://members.xoom.com/takver/wharfie/feb98.htm

http://members.xoom.com/takver/wharfie/wotw.htm

 

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Sites Used to Prepare the Module Notes

http://www.dea.gov.au/fs_faw.htm

http://www.dir.nsw.gov.au/wagerate/wageind.htm

http://www.eeo.gov.au

http://www.hreoc.gov.au

http://www.eeo.nsw.gov.au

http://www.worksafe.gov.au

http://www.airc.gov.au

http://www.actu.asn.au

http://www.labour.net.au/lcnsw

http://www.vicnet.net.au/vicnet/labour

http://www.cpsu.org.au

http://www.cfmeu.asn.au

http://psa.labor.net.au/unions/psa

http://www.abol.net/abol