BTC3730

Industrial arbitration

(BUS)

Associate Professor Marilyn Pittard

6 points + Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week + First or second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: any four second-year subjects

Synopsis: Topics include the nature of interstate industrial disputes which can be settled by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission; bargaining and certified agreements and Australian Workplace Agreements; subject matter and role of awards and enterprise agreements; parties to awards and agreements; how awards and agreements can be varied and enforced; the position of the non-unionist in the system; unfair dismissals; the use of the labour power, s 51(35) of the Constitution, and other constitutional heads of power in enacting labour relations laws.

Assessment: Class test (50 minutes) or written assignment (2500 words): 30% + Examination (2 hours): 70%