Australian Employment Relations

• • What is employment relations?
  • Theoretical frameworks and models for studying employment relations
  • Employers in the Australian labour market
  • The State and employment regulation in Australia
  • Employee voice and representation
  • The changing context of ER
  • When interests collide
  • Review of the current state of ER and likely future development

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• GRF-EMP-GCE-2020

Elective

• GRF-EMP-MAS-2020
• OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2020

Special requirements

No special requirements

This subject was previously known as IRL100.

Practitioners of industrial relations, employment relations and human resource management need to appreciate the role of institutions and understand the practices and processes used by industrial relations actors. Australian industrial relations covers the roles of the state, trade unions, the tribunal system, employer associations and emerging institutions. This subject provides you with an historical and theoretical context that explains present structures, activities and limitations. It also addresses the contemporary approaches to workplace relations between managers, employees and unions.

• Case Study (20%)
• Report (45%)
• Journal (35%)