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Individual Contracts What Do They Mean for Australia?

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Collective bargaining can be of benefit to both employees and employers. Nevertheless, there is growing interest in individual contracts, as part of a broader agenda for labour market flexibility. In particular, individual contracts are being pursued by some companies as part of a human resource management strategy to increase productivity by reducing the role of third parties and promoting ‘common purpose’ between the firm and its employees. There is some evidence that individual contracts can indeed contribute to higher productivity. The challenge for policy makers is to provide sufficient flexibility in the area of individual contracts while preventing employers from using them to reduce wages and conditions.

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  • Jonathan Hamberger, 1995. "Individual Contracts What Do They Mean for Australia?," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 6(2), pages 288-299, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:6:y:1995:i:2:p:288-299
    DOI: 10.1177/103530469500600207
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    1. David Peetz, 2001. "Individual Contracts, Collective Bargaining, Wages and Power," CEPR Discussion Papers 437, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
    2. David Peetz, 2005. "Trend Analysis of Union Membership," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 8(1), pages 1-24, March.
    3. Elizabeth Webster & Yi‐Ping Tseng, 2002. "The Determinants of Relative Wage Change in Australia," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 35(1), pages 70-84, March.
    4. Kristin van Barneveld, 2006. "Australian Workplace Agreements under Work Choices," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 16(2), pages 165-191, May.

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