Australian labour and employment law / Marilyn Pittard, Bruce Moore.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis, 2024.

2nd edition

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Labor laws and legislation -- Australia.

Industrial laws and legislation -- Australia.

Part One: Themes and perspectives

01. Perspectives on workplace law and approaches to legal regulation

02. Legal sources of the employment relationship

03. Institutions: role and impact on work arrangements

Part Two: The employment relationship

04. Employment relationships, contracting and flexible engagement

05. Content of contract of employment: Express and implied terms

06. Employer and employee duties in the contract of employment

07. Contract termination and remedies at common law

08. Unfair and discriminatory dismissals: Statutory framework

Part Three: The collective relationship, awards and enterprise agreements

09. Traditional Australian Industrial System

10. National system of contemporary bargaining: Journey from conciliation and arbitration

11. Minimum labour standards and protecting workers: Awards, legislation and enforcement

12. Collective agreement-making

13. Individual and flexible workplace arrangements in the collective context

14. Bargaining, good faith and statutory "right to strike"

Part Four: Trade unions, collective action and international standards and protecting workplace rights

15. Protection of workplace rights and freedom of association under federal law

16. Trade unions and the law

17. Right to strike and international standards: concepts and challenges

18. Common law and statutory controls over industrial action.

Australian Labour and Employment Law, 2nd edition has been extensively overhauled with more comprehensive analysis and interpretation of employment law and industrial relations in Australia. Features: The significant rulings in the High Court decisions of Jamsek and Personnel Contracting in 2022 on the legal status of employee versus contractor ; The legal status of gig workers ; Proposed reforms to ensure that 'employee -like' workers receive protection of the labour laws ; The contract of employment through court rulings on terms of the contract and implied terms ; The unfair dismissal jurisdiction and legislative changes on sexual harassment and unfair dismissal ; Changes to the minimum standards ; The new expanded right to request flexible work arrangements ; Collective bargaining and the changes brought about by the Secure Jobs Better Pay Act in 2022 and 2023 ; New provisions about supported bargaining (operative June 2023) ; New approach to multi-enterprise bargaining ; Developments in the 'general protections' under the Fair Work Act ; Trade union law and controls on strikes. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Latest edition of Macken: 2022. 2024 titles in collection: CCH Fair Work Act and Practical employment law / Floyd. Lawbook. High use area of collection

9780409346879

lxxxix, 1192 pages ; 25 cm