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HRMT20029 International Employment Relations : Assignment

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HRMT20029 International Employment Relations : Assignment

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Khushi Vasireddy12106614EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS INAUSTRALIAAssessment 1[HRMT20029]
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Table of contentIntroduction.................................................................................2Historical background and timeline ....................................................2Political, economic and legal context...........................................3Challenges faced by unions..............................................................3New membership...................................................................3Renewal of membership..........................................................4Impact of COVID-19 on employment relations in Australia.Impact of covid-19 on Australian business....................................5Australian Government support for businesses &employees................5Enterprise bargaining system.....................................................5Unions during COVID-19.........................................................5Conclusion.................................................................................7Reference...................................................................................8pg. 1
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Introduction Employment relations in Australia has minimum conditions in terms of employee and theemployer in the variety of workplace responsibility and the rights. In Australia all the statescome together and follow the federal laws that points several issues such as work rights,annual leaves, service leave, workplace conditions such as safety, health and compensationand industrial actions. Australian employment relations as in fair work system was started in1st of July 2009 it was established by the fair work Act 2009. This act created the independentagency know as fair work Ombudsman (FWO). As of COVID-19 playing a big role in ourcommunities FWO in support of the Federal Government is helping the society by itsschemes and agreements like JobKeeper and JobSeeker schemes. This essay begins withtimeline of the industrial relations or employment relations Act from its beginnings at thefederation of Australia until the Fair Work Act of 2009. Then we will discuss about thePolitical, Legal and Economic context of the of Employment Relations in Australia. Theessay follows up with challenges faced by the trade unions and the enterprise Agreement interms of conciliations and arbitrations to resolve issues regarding employment relationsbetween the employee and employer. Finally, the most important and relevant topic of theessay discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Australian employment relations.Historical Background and TimelineAustralia is globally recognised as a liberal market economy, it has relatively flexible labourmarket and comparatively high wage costs. Most first world countries have liberalisedmarkets, whereby markets are open for business to and from different industry sectors andoperate locally or globally. There are minimum restrictions. The labour laws of this countryhave evolved similarly over the decades since federalisation in 1901. In the beginning thecolonial influence was strong and the employment relations were not beneficial for theworkers. Then in 1927 the Australian Council of Trade Unions was established with theintention to workers to have a say in the arbitration of any disputes. However, until mid-lastcentury, the federal power over individual states and their employment relations waspg. 2
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