The protection of employee entitlements has been an issue of public policy debate following several major corporate failures including HIH and Ansett. While protection remains paramount on the public policy agenda and in the campaigns of trade unions, we argue that there is an equally important,...

In nine cases of firms which closed, productivity increases were experienced after negotiations with the affected employees were finalised, up until the final day. This productivity change is known as ‘the closedown effect’. Possible explanations for this effect reveals, contrary to the...

Much of the literature on clusters has focused on the economic advantages of clusters and how these can be achieved in terms of competition, regional development and local spillovers. Some studies have focused at the level of the individual firm however human resource management (HRM) in...

When an employee is accused of engaging in a deviant act by his/her employer, natural justice affords the employee the right to respond to the allegation. In this study, the texts of unfair dismissal arbitration decisions of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission are examined to identify...

Books Reviewed: Anne McBride, Gender Democracy In Trade Unions Peter Dawkins and Craig Littler, (eds) Downsizing: Is it Working for Australia? Emma Wallis, Industrial Relations in the Privatised Coal Industry: Continuity, Change and Contradictions Jack Eaton, Globalization and Human Resource...

This paper set out to examine the factors underlying Australia and Singapore resilience to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Australia and Singapore have not been spared by the GFC, but both countries did relatively well in comparative terms. Australia is the only OECD country to have dodged a...

2006 generally represented a solid year in terms of macroeconomic performance and labour market indicators, even under the threat of increasing inflation and interest rates. However, some favourable aggregate labour market indicators disguised major disparities at disaggregated regional,...