Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and Section 98: Negotiating with Google

This article provides an overview of enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) in Australia, focusing on section 98. It discusses the task of negotiating with an employer, specifically Google, and developing an enterprise bargain agreement. The section selected affects employees' wages. The article explores the roles played in the negotiation process and highlights the benefits provided by the EBA. References are provided for further reading.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Brief introduction about the task.................................................................................................1
Overview of EBA and industry codes related to same................................................................1
Roles played over there...............................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Enterprise bargaining is an Australian term for a form of Collective bargaining, in which
wages and working conditions are negotiated at the level of the individual organisations, as
distinct from sectoral collective bargaining across whole industries. In the following section 98
of EBA will be discussed
Brief introduction about the task
The task which was been provided was to negotiate with an employer and to develop
enterprise bargain agreement. Employer for the present scenario is Google. In this a section
needs to be selected which is affecting employees’ wages. For this task relevant and authentic
information was been collected from employer, in order to have better knowledge towards
subject matter (Lewin, 2018). Negotiating with employer was a tough task and discussion was
being done on section 98 of EBA.
Overview of EBA and industry codes related to same
EBA is collective bargaining agreement which binds employers and employee legally and in
this agreement trade unions or employers act on behalf of workers. This agreement is being
related to employees working conditions and wages. It provides benefits to employees as they
receive high amount of pay and bonus because of negotiation. It has also been evaluated that a
standardised EBA can last for 3 years (HENKEL and Wood, 2020). There are various industrial
laws that are being related to EBA. In this agreement, the government of Australia has laid focus
on fair work and paying according to it. This agreement was also known as workplace relations
act. There were also major issues that covered EBA. In this the main question which was being
raised was what instruments will be covered under this.
For the present report, section 98 of this agreement has been selected. In this section
employees who take paid personal leaves on public holiday where worker is been associated with
purposes related to work, they are not allowed to take paid leaves on that day. This agreement is
basically made to provide benefits to employees. Google has made this terms and conditions that
employees cannot take paid leaves on public holidays. This section is being followed by Google
in order to enhance participation of employees and also it will reduce absenteeism. It has also
solved all issues that has been faced by workers and this agreement is promoting fair wages been
given to workers (de Lancastre and Mendes, 2017).
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The main objective of this act is maintain better cooperative relations between employers
and employees. This will assist employers in promoting prosperity and also it will help them to
enhance productivity of firm. There are also other codes that has been described under EBA like
section 260. This section is being related to applications for low paid workplace determination.
Roles played over there
Yes, the roles were adequately played. We were able to discuss industry codes successfully
and also our knowledge related to subject matter was increased. It has also been analysed that
different sections of EBA was been explored and also by this presentation we will be able to gain
better opportunities.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it has been summarised that EBA is been considered as collective
bargaining where employees negotiate with employers for fair pay and better working
conditions. This agreement has provided several benefits to employees.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
HENKEL, J. and Wood, N.J., 2020. Collective Bargaining by State Workers: Legislatures Have
the Final Voice in the Appropriation of Funds. Labor/management Relations Among
Government Employees.
Lewin, D., 2018. Employee voice and mutual gains. Members-only Library.
de Lancastre, M. and Mendes, M.A., 2017. Company Practice versus Collective Bargaining
Agreement in the Formation of Acquired Rights (PT). Eur. Emp. L. Cases. p.120.
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