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MGMT2007 - Australian Industrial Relations Assignment

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Australian Industrial Relations (MGMT2007)

   

Added on  2020-03-02

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The below document discusses the Australian Industry Relation. The various concepts which have been discussed in this assignment are Analysis of the enactment of the Fair Work Act 2009, Good Faith Bargaining, Enterprise agreements, and Modern Awards.

MGMT2007 - Australian Industrial Relations Assignment

   

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Australian Industrial Relations (MGMT2007)

   Added on 2020-03-02

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Running head: AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSAustralian Industrial RelationsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSAnalysis of the enactment of the Fair Work Act 2009There has been an evolution of the employment relations over time from the servant-master relationship to the present employer-employee relationship in the developed countries. InAustralia, the institutionalism of employment relationship was introduced as an outcome of theindustrial actions in the 1890s, which compelled Higgins to uphold the concept of collectivebargaining and establish institutions such as the Australian Industrial Relations Commission(AIRC). This concept was supported by the concept of Pluralistic and Neo–Institutionalism thatgoverned the industrial relations in Australia until 1990 (Stewart 2013).The introduction of the Work Choices legislation concentrated on the nature of unequalpower that stresses the respective relationship and examines the essential linkages between theemployer and the employees. According to employment relationship may be defined as the termsand conditions based on which an employer recruits labor/employee and the employee decides tosell his labor to employer in exchange of wages (Regan and 2015). Employment relationship isalso used to describe the assimilation of the industrial relations and the human resourcemanagement including the various stakeholders and other environmental factors.The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) or the (FWA) is considered as an essential piece ofCommonwealth legislation that has been enacted to regulate the workplace relations. It entailsthe terms, conditions of employment, and outlines the rights and obligations of the employees,employers and the organization of the employees with respect to the employment (Capuano2016). Over the last 20 years, there have been significant changes in the laws governing theemployment relations in Australia. The Fair Work Act 2009 replaced the Workplace Relations(Work choices) Amendment Act 2005 and came into force since the commencement of 2010.
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2AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSWhile analyzing the substantial changes in the industrial relations in Australia over thepast years, it is imperative to highlight the changing structure of employee ‘representation andvoice in the country. It is a well-known fact that in industrial relations voice of the employees isrelated to the procedure by which the rules of employment relationship are developed andimplemented. The different rule-making procedures require various mechanisms, which wouldenable the employees to contribute to rule making and enforcement, thus, providing them withthe opportunity to voice their concerns, safeguard their rights and represent their interests. (VanGramberg et al. 2014). Since the enactment of the Fair work Act, the statute encompasses the following essentialfeatures that differ substantially from the Work Choices and the other former legislations:Good faith bargaining;Modern awards;Low-paid bargaining;Unfair dismissal;Minimum wages;Industrial action;Fair work ombudsman;The enactment of the FWA aimed at endowing the employees with the flexibility to arrange theterms and condition of their workplace relations and employment. In the context of the new-institutional approach, the FWA includes mechanism that originates from the assumption of theunequal power between the employer and the employee; the trade union representation as a
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