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Employer matters in 2006 Hearn Mackinnon, Bruce 2007, Employer matters in 2006, Journal of industrial relations, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 394-409. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Employer matters in 2006 Author(s) Hearn Mackinnon, Bruce Journal name Journal of industrial relations Volume number 49 Issue number 3 Start page 394 End page 409 Publisher SAGE Publications Place of publication United Kingdom Publication date 2007 ISSN 0022-1856 Keyword(s) award rationalization de-unionization enterprise bargaining independent contractors minimum wages Summary If 2005 was a watershed year with the passing of the Work Choices legislation, then 2006 may well be considered year zero, symbolizing the beginning of a new era of Australian industrial relations under the employer friendly legislative regime. Employer groups were actively engaged in lobbying the Federal Government for further industrial relations reform, particularly in relation to the award rationalization process, and in pressuring the government for codification of the definition of `independent contractors', as a means of immunizing them from many of the rigours currently imposed by employment and labour law. Key employer groups made significant submissions to the newly formed Australian Fair Pay Commission in the lead up to its inaugural minimum wages decision, and though generally urging caution in raising minimum wages, there were nevertheless some differences of emphasis and approach apparent between a number of them. Despite an absence of widespread industrial disputation, the year witnessed a number of employers exercising their newfound powers — including some enhanced legal options — to either by-pass unions or to constrain union activity. Language eng Field of Research 160799 Social Work not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©Industrial Relations Society of Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30007035 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Management and Marketing Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 11 Feb 2009, 14:08:15 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2011, 12:21:27 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2011, 12:22:41 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2011, 12:24:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 443 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 08:47:32 EST

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