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‘A felt need for increased efficiency’: Industrial relations at the end of the millennium
Author(s) -
Dabscheck Braham
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841110103900202
Subject(s) - commonwealth , industrial relations , legislature , club , government (linguistics) , freedom of association , law and economics , law , political science , public administration , economics , sociology , politics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , anatomy
This review examines the operation of an industrial relations system through the notion of a dominant paradigm; and the struggles of protagonists to shift the paradigm in different directions to enhance their chances of success in future struggles. The dominant paradigm operating in Australia is contractualist regulation, a regulatory system tendered and served by the Contractualist Regulation Club. Major issues examined in the review include the High Court's decision on allowable award matters; employee entitlements; failed attempts by the Commonwealth government to introduce various legislative changes; policy positions of the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Council of Trade Unions; the McCallum Report into Victorian industrial relations; and the Federal Court's approach to anti‐suit injunctions, freedom of association, and Australian Workplace Agreements and freedom of association.