C) Centralised Industrial Relations

Question 1

Centralised Industrial Relations Definition?

Answer 1

Centralised System of Industrial Relations refers to the system under which Australia used to operate whereby the determination of wages and conditions of work was conducted by the government in conjunction with unions and employer bodies and resulted in the setting of awards, which covered entire industry sectors throughout Australia. 
•	Awards—Industry/Occupation based
•	Modern Awards
•	Fair Work Australia
•	National Employment Standards
•	Industrial Courts
•	Tribunals

Question 2

Decentralised Industrial Relations Definition??

Answer 2

Decentralised System of Industrial Relations refers to the employee relations system under which Australia now operates where decisions regarding wages and conditions of work are reached at the enterprise and workplace levels.
• Collective employment agreements-UNION
• Individual contracts of employments
• Limited third party involvement
• Collective Employment Agreements-NON-UNION
• Australian Workplace Agreements

Question 3

3. Decentralising employee relations

Answer 3

• The Australian system has had a strong tradition of resolving disputes by the use of centralised power (e.g. industrial relations commissions or tribunals that made a ruling on the matter in dispute).
-The tradition of centralised awards and referring disputes to a third party for arbitration is in the process of change.

• Starting in 1991, a series of federal government laws and Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) decisions encouraged employers and unions to negotiate their own wage agreements at the level of the individual firm.
• The development was known as enterprise bargaining or workplace bargaining. It is a form of collective bargaining.

Question 4

4. Employee relations can operate through two systems:??
   Cent/Decent….

comparisons

Answer 4

Employee relations can operate through two systems:

Centralised system.
Features include:
•Disputes solved externally
•Wages and conditions set by Fair Pay Commission/Australian Industrial Relations Commission
•Agreements called Awards
•Employees interests represented by Trade Unions
•Decision legally binding
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Decentralised system.
Features include:
•Disputes solved internally
•Wages and conditions determined by employer and employee
•Agreements called EBAs or AWAs
•More employee input
•Decision legally binding