Australia's economic and industrial systems were intensively regulated through extensive labour laws more or less since the early 1900s. These systems, based on the conciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes (or similar concepts), regulated terms and conditions of employment, secured...

This new book, published by Ashgate, examines how businesses manage their labour systems, and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of various factors which give rise to instances of ‘partnership' style relations between businesses and their employees. The book draws from the...

This article argues that the interaction between Australian Workplace Agreements and external regulatory instruments (including the contract of employment, awards and company policies) creates significant complexity and uncertainty in the legal regulation of the employment relationship. It...

1. Corporate governance, employment systems and workplace partnerships in Australia -- 2. Law and regulatory style in Australian corporate governance and employment systems -- 3. Corporate governance and the management of labour : contemporary business practices in ten Australian companies -- 4....