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?