Industrial Relations

Task Critically evaluate how the perspectives of business, trade unions and the state have contributed to reform of industrial relations policy over the past decade. Drawing on the evidence utilised in your previous essay, analyse whether these industrial relations reforms have achieved the stakeholders’ stated aims of improving competitiveness and productivity in the Australian economy? What gaps in evidence or reasoning explain the success or failure of parties to meet these goals? This assignment builds on assignment 3. There, you critically evaluated the arguments that have been mounted regarding the need for industrial relations policy reform to address weaknesses in Australia’s competitiveness and productivity. In assignment 4, you are testing the extent to which the three stakeholders’ calls for industrial relations reform align with evidence of the need for reform to address economic competitiveness and productivity.