This wide-ranging collection is an authoritative and accessible analysis of the profound changes to labour regulation under the Howard and Rudd Governments.
The authors, leading scholars and practitioners, examine both the nature and legacy of the controversial Work Choices reforms and how workplace relations are set to change under the new Fair Work legislation.
Summary Table of Contents
| The Journey from Work Choices to Fair Work Andrew Stewart and Anthony Forsyth Testing the Boundaries: Towards a National System of Labour Regulation Andrew Stewart The Safety Net: Labour Standards in the New Era Jill Murray and Rosemary Owens A Changing of the Guard: Enforcement of Workplace Relations Laws Since Work Choices and Beyond Tess Hardy Making the “BOOT” Fit: Reforms to Agreement-Making from Work Choices to Fair Work Carolyn Sutherland “Exit Stage Left”, Now “Centre Stage”: Collective Bargaining under Work Choices and Fair Work Anthony Forsyth A New Consensus: The Coalition, the ALP and the Regulation of Industrial Action Shae McCrystal Union Security after Work Choices Colin Fenwick and John Howe From Industrial Arbitration to Workplace Mediation: Changing Approaches to Dispute Resolution Joellen Riley The Decline and Restoration of Unfair Dismissal Rights Anna Chapman From Work Choices to Fair Work: An Assessment Anthony Forsyth and Andrew Stewart
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