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  • Awards and collective bargaining in Australia: What do they do, and are they relevant to New Zealand?

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    Peetz, David
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    Peetz, David R.
    Year published
    2020
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    Abstract
    This paper explains, in some depth, how the system of awards, collective agreements and individual contracts works in Australia. It also describes how many people are covered by these arrangements, how much they are paid and how awards and agreements interact. It discusses the effects of the award system, which are probably greater on equity (compressing wage relativities, providing some opportunities for action on gender pay equity) than on productivity (though skill-based wage structures may have some effect). The issues raised by it are relevant to debates in New Zealand about fair pay agreements, wage levels and pay equity.This paper explains, in some depth, how the system of awards, collective agreements and individual contracts works in Australia. It also describes how many people are covered by these arrangements, how much they are paid and how awards and agreements interact. It discusses the effects of the award system, which are probably greater on equity (compressing wage relativities, providing some opportunities for action on gender pay equity) than on productivity (though skill-based wage structures may have some effect). The issues raised by it are relevant to debates in New Zealand about fair pay agreements, wage levels and pay equity.
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    Journal Title
    New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations
    Volume
    44
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.424310040118182
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    © 2020 ER Publishing. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Human resources and industrial relations
    Applied economics
    Policy and administration
    Sociology
    Other human society
    History and philosophy of specific fields
    Employment Relations
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/405188
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