Remaking Australian Industrial Relations

Remaking Australian Industrial Relations is a collection of short reflective essays on the Australian Industrial Relations system, framed around the question 'What should an industrial relations system seek to achieve in contemporary Australia, and why?'

Part 1: Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future

The Future of Industrial Relations in Australia

The NSW Green Paper 20 Years on: A Reflection of the Future

Australian Labour Law and the Rudd Vision

Beyond WorkChoices: Negotiating a Moment

Part 2: Towards a New National System?

Constitutional Plans for a National System

Legal developments in the Transitional Period

Harmonising occupational health and safety systems

Part 3: Debating the Issues

Labour Standanrds, Safety Nets and Minimum Conditions

WorkChoices and Independent Contractors: the Revolution that Never Happened

Re-Imagining the Role of Trade Unions After WorkChoices

A New Province for Women and Work

Dealing with discrimination issues

Unfair Dismissal

No rights without remedies: Labor’s industrial relations architecture and the enforcement gap

Labour Market Efficiency and Fairness: Agreements and the Independent Resolution of Difference

Australia@Work: Research findings

An employer perspective

A Union perspective

A popular perpective

Part 4: Lessons from Abroad

Future Prospects for Labour Law – Lessons from the United Kingdom

Grasping the Moment: Some Cross-Tasman Thoughts on Australian Labour Law Reform

Suppose Australia copied US Employee Relations Practices

What collective bargaining future for Australia? Lessons from international experience

This collection is led by essays from four eminent leaders in the field of industrial relations law and policy in Australia:

• Emeritus Professor Keith Hancock FASS, AO,
• Emeritus Professor John Niland AO,
• Professor Ron McCallum AO; and
• Professor Margaret Gardner AO
• and a host of other contributing authors.