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Workplace Relations and Agreement Making in the Australian Public Service
Author(s) -
Yates Bernie
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian journal of public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-8500
pISSN - 0313-6647
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8500.1998.tb01388.x
Subject(s) - agreement , public service , service level agreement , service (business) , business , political science , public relations , law , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , cloud computing
The Howard government has introduced major change to APS employment relations. The long‐established centralised system has been replaced by a new employer agenda. Negotiations now occur at agency level and are regulated, as in the private sector, by the Workplace Relations Act 1996. Freedom of association is emphasised, as is the right for individuals to settle contracts with their employer. While the transformation is not yet complete, government policy is pushing toward a new paradigm for bargaining in the public sector.