Rediscovering Collective Bargaining - Bog

This book examines countries that have tried, with varying degrees of success, to use legislative strategies to encourage and support collective bargaining, including AustraliaΓÇÖs Fair Work Act. It is the first major study of the operation and impact of the new collective bargaining framework introduced under the Fair Work Act, combining theoretical and practical perspectives. In addition, a number of comparative pieces provide rich insights into the Australian legislationΓÇÖs adaptation of concepts from overseas collective bargaining systems ΓÇô including good faith bargaining, and majority employee support as the basis for establishing bargaining rights. Contributors to this volume are all leading labor law, industrial relations, and human resource management scholars from Australia, and from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.