The Shaping of Labour Law Legislation – Underlying Elements of Australia’s Workplace Relations System

The Shaping of Labour Law Legislation – Underlying Elements of Australia’s Workplace Relations System extensively examines the core underlying elements in Australia’s workplace relations system and how they continue to have an ongoing place in that system:

• The role of a statutory tribunal
• The influence of the “public interest”
• An established tradition of protecting the weak; and
• A privileged role for trade unions

Providing detailed coverage of the historical origins and development of Australian labour law legislation, this title also focuses on contemporary developments in case law and legislation.

Features

• Up-to-date analysis of existing workplace laws
• Discussion of historical origins
• Authoritative and well-written

Related Titles

Irving, The Contract of Employment, 2012
LNAA: Annotated Fair Work Act & Related Legislation, 2017
Pittard & Naughton, Australian Labour and Employment Law, 2015