Workplace Agreements and Employee Rights

This assignment examines the impact of workplace agreements on employee rights using case studies from SPC Ardmona and Toyota. It explores the challenges faced by employees when agreements fail, the role of national employment standards (NES) in ensuring fair treatment, and the government's role in mediating disputes. Students are expected to analyze similarities and differences between the cases, evaluate the effectiveness of NES in protecting workers, and discuss potential solutions for addressing workplace conflicts.

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The SPC Ardmona is an Australia based company owned by the mother company Coca-
cola Amatil that mainly focus in the packing of tomatoes and fruits and has an operation factory
in Shepparton that specializes in canning. Due to the tearing down of the agreement of the SPC
Ardmona, many farmers are facing a huge crisis. The sources in the industry said that the
agreement was on the verge of collapsing as retailers (supermarkets) used new ways to cut costs
by changing to buy from new suppliers and possibly to lower-priced imports from countries like
China to bring most of its fruits and vegetable products.
In 2012 the Prime Minister Tony Abbott got it so wrong about the SPC Ardnoma
agreement could it be staff members in the P.M ‘s office that gave a poor briefing of the
summary of which Mr. Tony Abbott made his comment on the basis of the conference soon after
the cabinet session (meeting). His cabinet rejected a twenty-five million dollars plea from the
SPC Ardmona to develop its business in the state of Shepparton. The company (SPC Ardmona)
very interested to offer the huge variety of opportunities in the career in different locations. The
SPC Ardmona is a company control holding in the ASE (Australia Securities exchange). It
clearly showed that more opportunities for experienced people the employees at their leading
products such as the Grinder coffee and coca-cola among many others either in the country
(Australia) or outside the country/abroad. The SPC it’s Australia’s only and last company that
processes vegetable and fruits it is due to be closed because of the government refused to
proceed to grant the twenty-five million assured by the previous labor administration or
government (Bamber, 2010).

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Toyota Worker entitlement disputes is another critical case that reflects the impact of
workplace agreement in addressing existing conflicts or disputes between the workers and their
employers. The dispute between the company and its employees was based on the inability of the
organization to provide the employees with their benefits and entitlements forcing the
government to intervene in a court action that created the agreement. From a business
management perspective, the existence of disputes within the workplace has a significant role in
shaping the overall image of the organization as well as how the leaders relate with the
employees (Bamber, 2010). The case of Toyota exemplifies the need to have effective workplace
agreements to enhance chances of effective dispute resolution. The dispute of Toyota can be
compared with the disputed agreement in context to demonstrate the key similarities and
differences as well as recommend effective actions in similar issues. The similarities in both SPC
Ardmona food processing company and the giant car manufacturer Toyota is the way employees
can no longer look up to the Tony Abbott(P.M), Glenn Stevens(economist) for assistance in to
handle the wealth (Loughnan, 2012).
The national employment standards requires employment entitlement at ten minimum to
be provided to the workers. The national employment standards and minimum wages make up
the required minimum entitlement for workers in SPC, Toyota and among many others in
Australia .contract, employment, registered agreement or other agreement and employment
cannot cater for conditions that are few than the national employment standards (NES) or the
national minimum wage. The NES bring around the circle example like agreement, working
hours, redundancy pay and termination and finally leave. The main purpose of this inquiry,
national employment standards (NES) set a few minimum conditions in order request flexible
work arrangements and the assessment to leave. The Fair Work Act, the setting of minimum

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agreement for every employee under the NIRS (national industrial relations system) was
included in Australia wage pay and standard conditions. The Commonwealth law had not before
thought to relate the employment terms and conditions so straightforward outside the public
sector. the Australia fair pay and conditions standards (AFPCS) was replaced Fair Work Act
with the national employment standard issuing standards in relation to redundant pay, leave,
requests for work arrangement to be flex and community service (Loughnan, 2012). It provides
a basis for the proposals about amendment or access to the ALRC the NES, considers that it is
mandatory to provide an outline of s perspectives of the stakeholders to express their views with
great respect to the role of the national employment standards, and the roles of business and
the government in addressing domestic violence as a workplace issue . The NES play a big part
in providing minimum entitlements as a safety net for the NSE (National System Employees).

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References
Bamber, Greg. 2010. Regulating Employment Industrial Relations and Labour Law
International Co. Kluwer Law Intl.
Loughnan, D. 2012. Food Shock: The truth about what we put on our plate and what we can do
to change it. Wollombi: Exisle Publishing.