Bargaining and enterprise flexibility agreements

Article Abstract:

Australia's Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993 sets forth the standards and procedures to be applied by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to enterprise flexibility agreements in the non-unionized sector. The Commission has the power to require that parties meet but not the power to require negotiation. It also has the discretion to disregard agreements based on public policy even if they comport with federal and international law. Most enterprise flexibility agreements brought before the Commission have been approved.

Australia, Powers and duties, Collective labor agreements, Australia. Industrial Relations Commission

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Superannuation funds, interlocking corporations and industrial disputes

Article Abstract:

A 1992 case before the Australian High Court tested the question of whether the disbursement of surplus monies from a pension trust should be treated under the Industrial Relations Act 1988. The main issues concerned what constitutes an industrial dispute and the role of the directors of an interlocking group of companies. The High Court split the decision four to three, ruling that the employees could use binding arbitration through their unions to gain access to surpluses of their pension funds.

Pension funds, Commercial law, Interlocking directorates

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The fundamental transformation of employee relations in Victoria

Article Abstract:

Employee relations in Victoria, Australia have been fundamentally changed by section one of the 1992 Employee Relations Act of that state. Innovations include voluntary arbitration and ease of employment agreements. Other areas covered include unfair dismissals, unlawful industrial actions, secret ballots, associations and the Employee Relations Commission.

Labor law

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