A Modest Intervention: The Implications and Context of the Industrial Law Reform (Fair Work) Bill 2004
Associate Professor Barbara Pockock, University of Adelaide
School of Social Sciences, Univcersity of Adelaide
The direction of change in South Australian arrangements must meet the challenges created by a changing South Australian labour market and its workplaces, as well as changes in the community in which these market and workplaces are located. Full Image (6.38K)
This paper considers recent changes in the South Australian labour market and the challenges they create for the regulation of work in the state. It makes a general assessment of the direction of the proposed changes, and weighs up some arguments that have been made about the reform of the state's industrial framework. The paper does not attempt a detailed legal assessment of the changes, but considers the overall direction of change and the arguments around them.