Australia's Layered and Evolving System of Labour Regulation

Title: Australia's Layered and Evolving System of Labour Regulation
Creator: Stewart, Andrew; Bray, Mark
Relation: The Sources of Labour Law p. 143-164
Relation: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3644718
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2020
Description: Australia has long been recognised for its distinctive approach to labour regulation – in particular, its use of compulsory arbitration by public tribunals during the twentieth century to resolve interests disputes over wages and working conditions. Even after a shift in the 1990s to more autonomous collective bargaining, tribunals have continued to set minimum standards. Where other countries have predominantly relied on legislation and collective bargaining to establish minimum employment standards, Australia has had a third major source: a network of awards governing particular industries, occupations or enterprises. Many countries have delegated the power to set minimum wages to officials or agencies. But the sheer scale and depth of the regulation embodied in Australian awards, including thousands of different minimum wage rates that depend on the nature of the work and when it is performed, have little if any parallel elsewhere.
Subject: labor regulation; wages and working conditions; employment standards; Australia
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1475581
Identifier: uon:49594
Identifier: ISBN:9789403502847
Language: eng

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