In the face of declining prominence and influence under industrial relations laws regulating Australian workplaces, Australian trade unions appear increasingly to be directing their attention to Corporations Law as a mechanism for pursuing union and employee “voice” within corporate business...

Trade unions in a number of countries have recently begun to use corporate law to pursue employee interests. They are putting forward resolutions to be voted on at company annual general meetings (AGMs); lobbing for proxy votes through the distribution of statements in support of union sponsored...

This study investigates whether Australian superannuation funds and other institutional investors are concerned with the human resource management (HRM) and industrial relations (IR) practices of companies. It examines whether they use indicators of HRM or IR practices in their investment...