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ENTERPRISE INDUSTRIAL RELATION 2Introduction For every business organization, institution or a firm, the industrial relation is a very importanttopic. Majorly, this is a topic that discusses the relationship between employee and themanagement. In modern industrial society, the relationship between employer and the employeesis becoming a complex problem thus maximizing production as a major business goal is veryhard. This topic is very crucial political and also economically. Politically, government policiestend to affect how people wages are determined and the condition of the work place. There should be a balance employee protection when it comes to wages and salaries as well asconsidering that business owners need to set a competitive environment so as to exploit themaximum profits in the ever-increasing global marketplace. On the other hand, economically,industrial relation helps in the growth of a country’s economy. Industrial relations aren’t justabout pay and conditions, it is also about the manner in which all parties in the workplace i.e.business owners/managers and employees consult, negotiate and work together for commongood. [CITATION phi15 \l 1033 ]. This essay will attempt to show with examples the imbalancesportrayed by the industrial relation system that end up affecting employer unions and theirbusiness.Australia's industrial relations strategy is intended to serve two Divine beings: work and socialwelfare. According to John Slater, this origination of wage-setting as a social welfare instrumenthas its underlying foundations in the most fundamental choice in Australia's mechanical history,the Gatherer choice of 1907. The sole managing judge, Henry Bourne Higgins decided thatbusinesses owners ought to an essential wage fit for meeting "the ordinary needs of a normalworker, viewed as an individual in an enlightened group, paying little heed to his ability to pay."Over a century later, Higgins' perspective remains at the core of Australia's modern relations

ENTERPRISE INDUSTRIAL RELATION 3scene. The main target of the Reasonable Work Commission's honor setting work set out in theReasonable Work Act is the relative expectation for everyday comforts furthermore, necessitiesof the low paid. The same wording likewise includes as a key thought in setting least wages.Essentially, a protest of the Demonstration itself is guaranteeing that these enforceable essentialsare most certainly not undermined by an individual or collective plans. The government came up with rules and laws that would govern business activities. These lawswere termed as the Fair work act 2009. Since the passing of the act in July 2009, employerassociations and unions have been using the act for the provision of both advice and support tomember employee. They also educated the members on their rights and obligation within theirworkplace. However, since the passage of that act, there has been a lot of challenges faced by theemployer associations and the associations and unions remain frustrated and thereby are callingfor bringing back balance within the industrial relation system to favor their business activities.Examples of employee associations and unions that are greatly fighting for this balanceare[ CITATION Aus17 \l 1033 ].1.Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry this association greatly calls for a balanceof industrial relations that will end up leading to economic stability of Australia. Thechamber fights for both employee and employer pay issues. For instance, the organizationhas recently turned down one of the employee union ACTU proposals on increasing thewages with a rate of 7.2. the union claims that this increase will be a way of creating jobopportunities for job seekers and small business owners. The union, on the other hand,turns down the proposal with the ACCI James person claiming that “massive increase inwage costs will not create jobs – it will put at risk existing jobs, as businesses decide who

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