BTX3991 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Qantas, Fair Work Commission, Xstrata

• School: Monash Caulfield
• Department: Business Law and Taxation
• Course: BTX3991
• Professor: All

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The process of negotiating a collective agreement: a collective agreement, an agreement relating to employment conditions for a group of workers. It usually (but does(cid:374)(cid:859)t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s(cid:895) i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e a trade u(cid:374)io(cid:374) a(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g o(cid:374) (cid:271)ehalf of the (cid:449)orkers: under international law, collective bargaining is recognised as a fundamental human right. It is seen as central to redressing the inequality of bargaining power between employees and their employer. Employees/unions: to lock in a series of agreed wage increases, to negotiate conditions of employment that are better than those provided for in the relevant modern award. Employer: making an agreement provides some scope for an employer to modify the award provisions that would otherwise apply to it. Seeks (cid:858)to pro(cid:448)ide a si(cid:373)ple, fle(cid:454)i(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d fair fra(cid:373)e(cid:449)ork that e(cid:374)a(cid:271)les (cid:272)olle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:271)argai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) good faith, particularly at the enterprise level, for enterprise agreements that provide productivity benefits (part 2-4, s 171)