The Fair Work Act: As good as it gets?

Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Barnes, Alison ^a   Lafferty, George ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian industrial relations; Collective bargaining; Discrimination; Employee voice; Fair Work Act; Labour law; Labour rights; Labour management relations; Low paid workers; Union community campaigns

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650093828     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530461002100101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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