Workplace Bargaining (LAWS6122)
UNIT OF STUDY
The unit will explore the workplace bargaining model under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) within the context of models of collective bargaining used in overseas jurisdictions and Australia's international obligations.
The unit will look at the history of collective bargaining in Australia before examining the legislative framework of agreement making, including the legal rules applicable to making and approving enterprise agreements.
The unit will examine the rules that pertain to the process of negotiating an agreement, including the circumstances when an employer can be required to engage in collective bargaining and the good faith requirements that apply during bargaining.
The unit will also consider the rules that regulate industrial conflict including protected industrial action, unprotected industrial action and dispute resolution, before considering the difficulties of engaging in collective negotiations outside of the formal legislative framework.
Our courses that offer this unit of study
Further unit of study information
Intro Class: Feb 11 (6-8) then Feb 27, 28 & Mar 13, 14 (9-5)
class participation and presentation (25%) and 6000wd essay (75%)
Faculty/department permission required?
Unit of study rules
Prerequisites and assumed knowledge
LAWS6252 and LAWS6071
Study this unit outside a degree
If you wish to undertake one or more units of study (subjects) for your own interest but not towards a degree, you may enrol in single units as a non-award student.
If you are from another Australian tertiary institution you may be permitted to underake cross-institutional study in one or more units of study at the University of Sydney.