Not offered in 2008
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.
The learning objectives of this unit are to:
As for BTC3730 but with extra written work
Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Any four second-year units