Employment Relationship

Running head: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
Employment Relationship
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EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
It is the legal framework in which unions must operate which is the central and
critical factor of Union decline in Australia
It is very important for unions to maintain structure and function within a legal
framework. Deviance from a structure or a framework makes a union inclined to unorganized
operation which leads to chaos, commotion and confusion. In Australia, Unions are facing great
setbacks which traditionally used to have large concentration of memberships. A sense of
alienation and indifference can be seen in the attitudes of people after the enforcement of
legislative changes which prohibited the mandatory unionization of the workers in the country
(McAlpine and Roberts 2017). However, the reason of the same is also because of the rise of
employment across many industries which do not necessarily demand full-time employment.
These sectors have given rise to casual or freelancing employees. These employees are less
likely to be interested in being members of a union. There also have been structural and
institutional changes which were done to cater to the needs of the employees in a workplace or
an institution. This lessened the importance of concentration of power, in a Union which would
raise concerns of the employees.
Employees should also the liberty to have their own forum which empowers them to raise
their concerns. Through Unions, it gets easier to negotiate about the disputes, complaints and
wages the workers should get (McAlpine and Roberts 2017). Eradication of unions may also lead
to exploitation of the workforce, as it will get easier for the organizations to enforce strategies
which do not benefit or uphold the rights of the workers.
However, having said that, the newer legislative measures have regulated practices of
compulsory unionization at workplaces which often forces the employees to have memberships.