This unit presents a general review of the legal arrangements and institutions regulating relations between employers and employees (as individuals and/or union members) in the workplace. It involves an examination of the role of the state and federal industrial relations commissions in the making of awards and the certification of enterprise agreements which determine the wages and conditions of work of Australian employees. Among the topics given particular attention are the constitutional and statutory limitations on the jurisdiction of the commissions; enterprise bargaining; industrial democracy, workplace agreements and the legal implications of industrial action (including strikes... -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor William Ford
