Industrial legislation in Australia in 2017

Rawling, M; Schofield-Georgeson, E

Industrial legislation in Australia in 2017

Rawling, M

Schofield-Georgeson, E

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Industrial Relations, 2018, 60 (3), pp. 378 - 396
Issue Date:: 2018-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rawling, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0434-3452	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schofield-Georgeson, E https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1022-4844	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Industrial Relations, 2018, 60 (3), pp. 378 - 396	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-1856	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/124107
dc.description.abstract	© 2018, © Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA), SAGE Publications Ltd, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. This article examines key industrial legislation passed by federal Parliament in 2017. The main development in federal industrial legislation for this year, which passed with bipartisan support, saw a weakened Coalition Government (forced from its traditional industrial relations (IR) stance) act to improve protections for vulnerable workers. This initiative introduced extended liability provisions regulating franchisors and holding companies. However, these provisions are a narrow response to an economy-wide problem because they do not establish measures to better regulate supply chains, labour hire and gig economy arrangements for the protection of vulnerable workers. Back in more familiar territory, the Coalition Government managed to implement part of its agenda to further regulate unions by establishing legislation that criminalises bargaining payments by employers to unions. A constitutional crisis over the citizenship status of federal Parliamentarians prevented the Coalition Government from passing legislation designed to curtail trade union activities. The article also considers significant State legislative developments including the introduction of mandatory labour hire licensing laws in South Australia and Queensland, industrial manslaughter laws in Queensland and regulation of ridesharing arrangements in Victoria. The article concludes by contrasting federal criminal penalties against union activity with civil penalties for businesses that exploit vulnerable workers, before suggesting future directions in industrial legislation.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0022185618760088	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Industrial Relations	en_US
dc.title	Industrial legislation in Australia in 2017	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.citation.volume	60	en_US
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utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185618760088
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	60	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018, © Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA), SAGE Publications Ltd, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. This article examines key industrial legislation passed by federal Parliament in 2017. The main development in federal industrial legislation for this year, which passed with bipartisan support, saw a weakened Coalition Government (forced from its traditional industrial relations (IR) stance) act to improve protections for vulnerable workers. This initiative introduced extended liability provisions regulating franchisors and holding companies. However, these provisions are a narrow response to an economy-wide problem because they do not establish measures to better regulate supply chains, labour hire and gig economy arrangements for the protection of vulnerable workers. Back in more familiar territory, the Coalition Government managed to implement part of its agenda to further regulate unions by establishing legislation that criminalises bargaining payments by employers to unions. A constitutional crisis over the citizenship status of federal Parliamentarians prevented the Coalition Government from passing legislation designed to curtail trade union activities. The article also considers significant State legislative developments including the introduction of mandatory labour hire licensing laws in South Australia and Queensland, industrial manslaughter laws in Queensland and regulation of ridesharing arrangements in Victoria. The article concludes by contrasting federal criminal penalties against union activity with civil penalties for businesses that exploit vulnerable workers, before suggesting future directions in industrial legislation.

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