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    Employers and Employer

    Associations
    GROUP 6 Zhonghuang Sheng 500230521
    Yiyang Li
    Lihua Chen 490163739
    Discussion Questions
    1. How have employers and employer associations been able to shape Australian employment relations since
    the 1990s ?

    2. What is the relevance of employer associations in contemporary employment relations in Australia? Do


    employers and their associations have too much power?

    3. What do employer associations ‘want’ in employment relations in Australia in 2019?

    4. Identify three differences and similarities in terms of employment relations policy and regulatory positions
    of the following three employer associations – note some of them refer to industrial relations or workplace
    relations policies:
     The Australian Mines and Metals Association
     The Australian Industry Group
     The Australian Hotel Association
    Question 1
    How have employers and employer associations been able to shape Australian employment
    relations since the 1990s ?
    Employer association
    1. Part: Most employers

    2. Activities: Participate in the determination of employment conditions on behalf of their members'

    3. Purpose: Deal with threats that labour unions and state intervention appeared to pose for employers

    4.Service: Political lobbying, public relations and business services including proformas and trade
    information, research assistance and advice, as well as training and education services
    The largest and most influential
    employer associations
    a) Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
    b) Australian Industry Group (now known as Ai Group)
    c) Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA)
    d) Business Council of Australia (BCA)
    Why and what is the new shape ?
    Why and what is the new shape ?
    Employer associations in Australia had a variety of different experiences associated with the
    systematic decentralisation of industrial relations
    Why and what is the new shape ?

    overlapping coverage and intense rivalry for members between existing organisations,

    and the pressures created by the decentralisation of the employment relations system

    Reconstrction
    Examples
    Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)

    = Confederation of Australian Industry + Australian Chamber of Commerce (in 1992)

    The Australian Industry Group

    =Metal Trades Industry Association + Australian Chamber of Manufacturers (in 1998)


    Question 2

    What is the relevance of employer associations in contemporary employment relations in Australia?

    Do employers and their associations have too much power?


    What is the relevance of employer associations in
    contemporary employment relations in Australia?
    To the extent that employer representation was seen to play a continuing role it was to be in lobbying
    government for changes to regulations to facilitate a decentralisation of bargaining so as to allow
    employers and employees to tailor employment relations arrangements to suit their particular
    workplace interests.
    What is the relevance of employer associations in
    contemporary employment relations in Australia?
    To the extent that employer representation was seen to play a continuing role it was to be in lobbying
    government for changes to regulations to facilitate a decentralisation of bargaining so as to allow
    employers and employees to tailor employment relations arrangements to suit their particular
    workplace interests.

    （ weak position)
    What is the relevance of employer associations in
    contemporary employment relations in Australia?
    To the extent that employer representation was seen to play a continuing role it was to be in lobbying
    government for changes to regulations to facilitate a decentralisation of bargaining so as to allow
    employers and employees to tailor employment relations arrangements to suit their particular
    workplace interests.

    （ weak position)
    → Associations play a lesser role in managing employer responses to strikes, and in
    coordinating lockouts.
    Whether the employer assocition
    is no longer helpful as
    unionisation?
    Whether the employer assocition
    is no longer helpful as
    unionisation?

    We would argue that while unionisation may have declined, employer


    associations are concerned with promoting employer interests in a
    range of labour market (and broader) issues that extend much more
    widely than unions
    Whether the employer assocition
    is no longer helpful as
    unionisation?

    Indeed employer associations have arguably played a crucial role in


    helping employers to reframe the employment relations debate in
    ways that advance employers’ normative values and regulatory
    interests.
    Do employers and their associations have too
    much power?
    The relationship between enterprise managers and employer associations has changed significantly
    over recent years and, in many ways, employer associations have almost become just one of many
    sources of external expertise, with their role in employment relations much reduced
    Do employers and their associations have too
    much power?
    The relationship between enterprise managers and employer associations has changed significantly
    over recent years and, in many ways, employer associations have almost become just one of many
    sources of external expertise, with their role in employment relations much reduced

    YES
    Question 4
    Identify three differences and similarities in terms of employment relations policy and regulatory
    positions of the following three employer associations – note some of them refer to industrial
    relations or workplace relations policies:
     The Australian Mines and Metals Association
     The Australian Industry Group
     The Australian Hotel Association
    Three similarities
    1. All of them dedicated to serving the employee relations interests of their member companies.

    2. All play a crucial role in Australian interests.

    3. They need changes in their employment relations policy and regulation


    Three differences
    1. The attitudes toward the change of employment relations policy and regulation.

    2. How they award employees.

    3. The interest related to Australia.


    The attitudes toward the change of employment
    relations policy and regulation.
    AMME: Positive
    AI Group: Neutral
    AHA: Keeping up with the times
    How they award employees.

    AMME: The industry awards is an obstacle for international investment.


    AI Group: the awards policy is necessary.
    The interest related to Australia.

    AMME & AI Group: military and political issues.


    AHA: tourist and social problems.
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    Reference List
    Aigroup. 2020. Home. [online] Available at: <https://www.aigroup.com.au/> [Accessed 30 March 2020].

    Aha. 2020. Australian Hotels Association | Representing Australia’S Hotel Industry Since 1839. [online] Available at: <http://aha.org.au/>
    [Accessed 30 March 2020].

    AMMA. 2020. Australian Resources And Energy Group | AMMA. [online] Available at: <https://www.amma.org.au/> [Accessed 30 March 2020].

    Barry, M. and Wilkinson, A. (2011). ‘Reconceptualising employer associations under evolving employment relations: countervailing power revisited’.
    Work, Employment and Society, 25 (1): 149– 62.

    Bray, Mark. Employment Relations : Theory And Practice . 4th edition. Sydney, NSW: McGraw-Hill Education, 2018. Print.

    Guzman, D., 2018. Resources Sector Says Time To Ditch Historical Award System. [online] Australian Financial Review. Available at:
    <https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/resources-sector-says-time-to-ditch-historical-award-system-20180415-h0ysgz> [Accessed 30 March 2020].

    Guzman, D., 2018. Employers Warn Of Rising Frustration As IR Reform 'Gathers Dust'. [online] Australian Financial Review. Available at:
    <https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/employers-warn-of-rising-frustration-as-ir-reform-gathers-dust-20180409-h0yixo> [Accessed 30 March 2020].

    Keri Spooner.2003.The Role of Employer Association. Retrived from https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/7699/1/2003001960.pdf


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