An Essay on the Contract Between Fair Work Australia...

AN ESSAY ON THE CONTRACT BETWEEN FAIR WORK AUSTRALIA LEGISLATION AND WORKCHOICE, 2010 Prepared for: Dr. Shalene Werth Submitted:12 November 2010 Prepared by Li Chenyi Differentiation between Fair Work Australia and WorkChoice Fair Work Australia Fair Work Australia (FWA) is the new government industrial relations institution established by the Rudd Government s Fair Work Act 2009. It replaced WorkChoice act on 1 July 2009. This essay will compare and contrast FWA and WorkChoice from the theory of unitarism and pluralism. And discuss the transition of industrial relation system of Australia based on these two legislations. In 2007, the Australia Labor Party (ALP) came to power, and then, the Rudd Government legislated†¦show more content†¦Finally if employer is find illegal on unfair dismissal. It may order reinstatement or the payment of compensation up to 26 week’s pay (to a maximum of $54150) to the employee if reinstatement would be inappropriate in the given circumstances (Loudoun, 2009, p80). Mark Phillips (2009) stated that â€Å"All workers have protection after a six month qualifying period (12 months for small businesses with 15 full-time equivalent staff or less)† and â€Å"The exemption from unfair dismissal when sackings occur for ‘operational reasons’ will be removed. This was seen as the major improvement on WorkChoices. By contrast, under WorkChoice Laws the coverage of the unfair dismissal laws was as less as to only business employing more than 100 employees (Loudoun, 2009, p79). So this law leads to that more unfair treatment of employees when th ey were dismissed as indicated by the decline of unfair dismissal application to the Industrial Relation Commission of NSW (IRC of NSW 2006, p.11) and the AIRC (AIRC 2007). Rudd government retained the restriction of union right of entry to workplaces, and restrictions on workers right to strike (Ross Gittins, 2007), But union right of entry under Fair Work Australia is wider than of WorkChoice, FWA deals with the ‘right of entry’ disputes regarding officials of a trade union in accordanceShow MoreRelatedIntroduction to Large Scale Organizations18988 Words   |  76 Pagesenabling groups of people to work in a planned and coordinate way to achieve a common goal or objective Classifying LSO s *Number of employee s exceeds 200 (according to the ABS) *Revenue (gross income) is in the millions of dollars *Total assets or market capitalisation (no. of shares x share value) is over $200 million *Profit after tax is still in the millions *Extent of operations (multinational or transnational) *Management structure (there must be a clear distinction between the owners and managers)