Human resources(HR) management and industrial relations (IR) often represent adversarial positions in a union workplace. HR is the employer's advocate. Industrial relations – a term synonymous with ...

Industrial relations is the term for all the complex interactions between employers and employees. How much workers are paid, the hours they work, their benefits and responsibilities all factor in, ...

Automation is a game changer that is altering the industrial landscape. A Committee for Economic Development of Australia publication estimates that over the next 10 to 20 years, 40% of jobs in ...

As Australia contemplates its post-COVID economy, industrial relations reform has been repackaged by some as the way to “kickstart” growth. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has called for our ...

Today we kick off a four-part election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read an analysis of Labor’s living wage policy ...

The German model of industrial relations is renowned for its distinctive approach to workplace democracy, characterised by the interplay between strong trade unions and works councils. Works councils ...

Human Resources and Industrial Relations constitute a dynamic field that integrates traditional people management with the evolving complexities of industrial negotiation and collective engagement.