Employer Association

Part I of Essay
Industrial relations in Australia is undergoing considerable change. The counterpart organisations to unions for employees are, of course, s. This paper argue that s exist to provide to employers, services to enable them to cope with the demands of unions and the complexiti ....

Part II of Essay
.... organisations and s. Not all employer organisations are concerned with industrial relations issues. Those which are, are referred to as 's' (Deery and Plowman, op cit, p.191). Thus, s are a particular form of employer organisation. In essence, employer organisations developed to provide services which individual employers could not provide nearly as easily. More specifically, employer organisations were developed to fulfil a number of aims. The aim of employer groups are varied. The first is to regulate trade and competition by mutual agre ....