The Shaping of Labour Law Legislation – Underlying Elements of Australia’s Workplace Relations System

Part 1 - Introduction

 
Introduction

 
Part 2 – Compulsory Arbitration

 
2. The Core Elements of the Traditional System of Compulsory Arbitration – As Identified in Research and Literature

 
3. The Legal Framework and Operation of the Australian System from 1904 until 1993 – An Analysis of the Practical Application of the Core Elements

 
Part 3 – Enterprise Bargaining

 
4. Innovations made under the Industrial Relations Reform Act – Change within a Familiar Framework (1993-1996)

 
5. Howard’s “Halfway House” – The Workplace Relations 1996 (1996-2005)

 
6. The Impact of Work Choices – Radical Change but Core Values Remain in Place (2005-2007)

 
7. Enterprise Bargaining under the Fair Work Act 2009 – Enduring Scope for the Tribunal, Unions and the Public Interest

 
8. Ongoing Influence of Core Elements of Traditional Industrial Relations System – A Description of the Statutory Tribunal’s Power to make Workplace Determinations

 
9. The Continuing Debate – What Role did the Productivity Commission Believe the Core Elements Play in its Inquiry into Australia’s Workplace Relations

 
Part 4 – Comparison with New Zealand

 
10. The Position of New Zealand – Similar but Different

 
Part 5 - Review

 
11. Review and Challenges – Will the Underlying Core Elements continue to shape Labour Law legislation?