Federal labour law

The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) and related legislation which have enacted fundamental changes in federal labour law since the 'Work Choices' changes, will be critically examined. Topics include changes to industrial dispute resolution, enterprise bargaining and bargaining in good faith, enterprise agreements and individual arrangements, industrial action, new institutions and their roles, legislated National Employment Standards and modern awards and their enforcement, unfair dismissal, implications for employers and for unions, including right of workplace entry, and the coverage of the national system.