This paper examines the collective bargaining (CB) framework in Australia's Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), including the legislation's good faith bargaining (GFB) requirements, in comparison with the much longer-standing GFB laws of the USA and Canada. The paper considers the extent to which North...

The decade in which the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) has been in operation has continued to present challenges for the Australian union movement. Despite high hopes that the 2009 legislation's support for collective bargaining would deliver positive outcomes, enterprise agreement coverage and union...