This report examines the experiences of twenty workers affected by changes to industrial law in Australia following the enactment of amendments to the federal Workplace Relations Act, 1996 in March 2006, commonly referred to as the WorkChoices amendments. The in depth interviews which form the basis of this qualitative study were conducted in early 2007...

This report uses data from a range of sources, including the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), the Office of the Employment Advocate (OEA), the Office of the Workplace Rights Advocate (WRA), private surveys, media and web reports, to analyse the experience to date under WorkChoices.

The author considers what kind of industrial relations system should replace WorkChoices and proposes a social partnership agenda for Australia.

Results of the 2005 EOWA annual survey of reporting organisations on the provision of paid paternity leave.

The Australian Constitution left the states with the primary responsibility for regulating industrial relations but gave the federal parliament a limited power to make laws with respect to 'conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one state'. Lenny Roth surveys the development of this dual...