Industrial Legislation in 2007

Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 417-428, 2008

Posted: 22 May 2011

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Carolyn Sutherland

Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation

Joellen Riley

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

Date Written: June 1, 2008

Abstract

The Howard government’s draconian Work Choices laws will soon be history. A change of government at the 2007 federal election means that Australian industrial relations legislation will continue to be a turbulent field, for some time yet. This review provides an account of the last piece of industrial legislation passed by the Howard government, to introduce a ‘Fairness Test’ in an attempt to ameliorate public concern about the patent unfairness of some aspects of the Work Choices laws. The same Act made some changes to the way in which ‘prohibited content’ is regulated in workplace agreements. We also provide a brief summary of some of the more significant State manoeuvres in what remains to them of the field of industrial relations law.

Keywords: employment protection, industrial laws, workplace relations

JEL Classification: K31, J50

Suggested Citation

Sutherland, Carolyn and Riley, Joellen, Industrial Legislation in 2007 (June 1, 2008). Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 417-428, 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1847244

Carolyn Sutherland (Contact Author)

Monash University - Department of Business Law & Taxation ( email )

Caulfield Campus
Sir John Monash Drive
Caulfield East, Victoria 3084
Australia

Joellen Riley

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )

New Law Building, F10
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia
+61 2 9351 0205 (Phone)
+61 2 9351 0200 (Fax)

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