| work and family |
Reconciliation of Work and Family Life and Collective Bargaining in the European Union
Initiatives promoting reconciliation of work and family life have become popular across Europe as part of employment policies as well as social policies dealing, among other things, with the challenges of competitiveness, the renewed Lisbon targets for increased participation in the labour market, and an ageing population. |
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| Termination |
Compensation for Psychological Injuries Arising From Dismissal
Argues that the duty of trust and confidence, owed to an employee by their employer, should not be implied into contracts of employment so as to prescribe the manner in which an employee is dismissed, |
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| youth |
Labour Market Experiences of Teenage Australian Workers in the 21st Century
The contention of the paper is that the youth labour market has deteriorated over the last three decades and is now much less favourable than that which faced the parents of today’s teenagers. |
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| corporations |
Wal-Mart or Costco: Australia’s 21st Century Choice?
This paper contrasts the experience of two American companies in the same industry with diametrically opposed approaches to work, employee relations and business —Wal-Mart and Costco. |
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| AWAs and EAs |
AWAs: The High Road or the Low Road?
Empirically assesses some of the propositions relating to the positive impacts of the introduction of AWAs and individual contracts within the Australian workplace |
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| Social issues |
Industrial Relations and Catholic Social Doctrine
This paper reviews the key principles of Catholic Social thought as they pertain to relations between labour and capital |
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| union organising |
Workplace Delegates and Worker Power
In a survey of 2500 workplace union delegates in eight unions we examined the power of workers at the local, workplace level. We found local member power to be significantly related to a number of factors associated with the organising agenda. |
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| union rights |
Provoking Building and Construction Workers
This paper reports on major problems with the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act (2005), BCII Act (2005) focussing on the suppression of the right to strike |
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