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Essay question: T he new Federal Government amended the Fair Work…
Essay question: The new Federal Government amended the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) in December 2022 via the ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ Bill to shore up the bargaining power of unions and employees in the face of falling real wages and soaring profits. Employer associations are strongly opposed to changes to the bargaining system. Discuss whether the changes to the bargaining system will be as disastrous as they claim. Make specific reference to a minimum of two employer associations’ primary source material.
Advice:
The subject’s required readings will provide a foundation of knowledge for the essay.also need to go to employer association websites. Prominent employer associations include the Australian Industry Group, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Business Council of Australia.
must demonstrate knowledge of the position of at least two employer associations using recent primary sources.
Note, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is not an employer association.
Paragraph (1) Provide an overview of the fair work act 2009 (Cth) and its role in regulating the industrial relations system in Australia.
Paragraph (2): Explain the main feature and goals of the ‘ Secure Jobs, Better pay’ Bill, and how they aim to address the issue of income inequality and job insecurity in Australia.
Paragraph (3): All about the employer association|: The new Federal Government amended the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) in December 2022 via the ‘Secure Jobs, Better Pay’ Bill to shore up the bargaining power of unions and employees in the face of falling real wages and soaring profits. Employer associations are strongly opposed to changes to the bargaining system. Discuss whether the changes to the bargaining system will be as disastrous as they claim. Make specific reference to a minimum of two employer associations’ primary source material.
Mandatory secondary sources:
1- Boxall, P. and Purcell, J. (2022), Strategy and Human Resource Management, Fifth Edition London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, Chapter 1 ‘HRM: What and Why?’, pp. 5 – 34. [pp.5 – 27 useful for essay by distinguishing between employers quest for profits as well as their quest for power.]
2-Forsyth, A. (2022), ‘Why unions and small business want industry bargaining from the jobs summit – and big business doesn’t’, The Conversation, August 30, https://theconversation.com/why-unions-and-small-business-want-industrybargaining-from-the-jobs-summit-and-big-business-doesnt-189394
3-Stanford, J., Hardy, T. and Stewart, A. (2018), ‘Australia, we have a problem’, in Stanford, J. and Hardy, T. (eds), The Wages Crisis in Australia: What it is and what to do about it, Adelaide: Adelaide University Press, pp. 3 – 13. Note, this book is available for free download: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/wages-crisis/.
4-Peetz, D. (2018), ‘Collective bargaining power’, in in Stanford, J. and Hardy, T. (eds), The Wages Crisis in Australia:
5-What it is and what to do about it, Adelaide: Adelaide University Press, pp. 103 -114. Note, this book is available for free download: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/wages-crisis/
Recommended sources:
Textbook, Chapter 5 (Shaw et al. 2018 ‘Managers, Employer Strategy and Employer Representation’ OR Bray et al. 2018 ‘Managers and Employer Representatives’)
1- Stewart, A. (2022), ‘What the compromise IR deal means for wage negotiations, and pay rises’, The Conversation, December 1, https://theconversation.com/what-the-compromise-ir-deal-means-for-wage-negotiations-and-pay-rises195545 [webpage]
2-Centre for Future Work (2022), ‘Deal on IR reforms sets stage for faster wage growth’, November 28, https:// futurework.org.au/post/deal-on-ir-reforms-sets-stage-for-faster-wage-growth/ [media release].
3-Wright, C.F., Lansbury, R. and Andersen, S.K. (2022), ‘Employers say Labor’s new industrial relations bill threatens the economy. Denmark tells a different story’, The Conversation, November 1, https://theconversation.com/ employers-say-labors-new-industrial-relations-bill-threatens-the-economy-denmark-tells-a-different-story-193311 [webpage].
4-Eslake, S. (2018), ‘A business perspective’, in Stanford, J. and Hardy, T. (eds), The Wages Crisis in Australia: What it is and what to do about it, Adelaide: Adelaide University Press, pp. 217- 228. Note, this book is available for free download: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/wages-crisis/
5-Wright, C.F. (2022), ‘Addressing problems for labour not problems of labour: the need for a paradigm shift in work and industrial relations policy’, Labour and Industry, published online 9 March, https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763. 2022.2051230
6-Bornstein, J. (2019), ‘Employees are losing: Have workplace laws gone too far?’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 61, no. 3, pp.438 – 456.
7-Barry, M. and Gould, R. (2022) ‘Employer and employer association matters in 2021’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 64, Iss. 3, pp. 380 – 395. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uws.edu.au/10.1177/00221856221099625
