Employer association strategy in a decentralised employment relations system: the case of the retail industry.

From: Employment Relations Record | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

In an environment of decentralised employment relations, employers associations must reassess their role if they are to remain relevant. The Australian Retailers' Association faces a particular challenge. On the one hand, it has traditionally focused on the interests of the largest retailers, at one time even taking responsibility for the local industrial relations policies of the major retail stores as well as controlling industry wide industrial relations issues. This role is problematic now that all of the major retailers have their own company specific enterprise agreements. ...

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