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?