Monash University Handbooks 2008

BTC4373 - Industrial bargaining and arbitration

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate, Postgraduate Faculty of Business and Economics

Leader: Ms Paula Darvas

Offered

Not offered in 2008

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.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

Assessment

As for BTC3730 but with extra written work

Contact hours

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Prerequisites

Any four second-year units

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