- Title
- Penalties and trade union action: four recent cases
- Creator
- Lewer, John; Waring, Peter
- Relation
- Dialogue Downunder : 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ). Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) (Auckland, New Zealand 1-4 February, 2011)
- Relation
- http://airaanz.eventsmart.co.nz
- Publisher
- Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- As conflict is the driver of industrial relations, so too are the various mechanisms imposed by the state which seek to limit or control it. In Australia, a key issue has been over where these regulatory settings should be set and how courts should interpret and apply the relevant legislation. Based on a review of four recent and important cases this paper shows that the Federal Court appears to recognise the legitimacy of unions carrying out their role in pursuing the interests of their members despite the quite punitive and hostile federal law. Alternatively, in the cases analysed involving the NSW Teachers' Federation, the NSW Industrial Court pursed a far less accommodating judicial approach.
- Subject
- industrial relations; trade unions; penalties; NSW Teachers' Federation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/939534
- Identifier
- uon:12831
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781877314978
- Language
- eng
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