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A New Province for Women and Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Marian Baird
Marian Baird*
Affiliation:
Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies, University of Sydney
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The plenary papers provide rich reflections on Australian industrial relations. Drawing on a wealth of experience, Gardner, Hancock, McCallum and Niland comprehensively cover the field of traditional industrial relations by examining those aspects that have engaged considerable scholarly attention since the 1950s: labour law; Commonwealth-State jurisdictions; wage policy; the role of tribunals; unions and industrial action. In so doing, the plenary authors recognise that industrial relations regimes generally aim to balance employeremployee power, provide conditions that enable workers to support themselves and their families, and set a reasonable safety net to protect the weakest.

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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 18 , Issue 2: Beyond Work Choices: Remaking Industrial Relations in Australia , May 2008 , pp. 71 - 78
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2008

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