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Written Assessment: Essay Discuss the role of the Fair Work Commission in enterprise bargaining. (20 marks) Word Length: 1500-2000 words Due Date: Thursday 24 August (Week 6) Return Date: Friday 15 September (Week 9) GENERAL REFERENCES Bray, M & Waring, P 2014, ‘Chapter 5: Employment relations’, in R Kramar, T Bartram, H De Cieri, RA Noe, JR Hollenbeck, B Gerhart & PM Wright, Human resource management in Australia: strategy, people, performance, 5th edn, McGraw-Hill Education (Australia), North Ryde, CQUniversity Course Resources Online (HRMT20027). Bray, M, Waring, P, Cooper, R & Macneil, J 2014, Employment relations: Theory and practice, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill Education (Australia), North Ryde. McPhail, R, Jerrard, M & Southcombe, A 2015, Employment relations: an integrated approach, Cengage Learning Australia, South Melbourne. Wright, CF & Lansbury, RD 2016, ‘Employment relations in Australia’, in GJ Bamber, RD Lansbury, N Wailes & CF Wright (eds), International and comparative employment relations: National regulation, global changes, 6th edn, eds, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest. FAIR WORK COMMISSION REFERENCES Angwin, M 2017, ‘EBAs are now just a blockage to productivity’, Australian Financial Review, 14 February, p. 39. Forsyth, A, Gahan, P & Howe, J 2011, ‘Weighty measures: bargaining in balance’, Australian Financial Review, 15 November, p. 63. Gahan, P & Pekarek, A 2012, ‘The rise and rise of enterprise bargaining in Australia, 1991-2011’, Labour and Industry, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 195-222. Kelty, B 2012, ‘Industrial relations and enterprise bargaining’, Labour and Industry, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 223-228. Marin-Guzman, D 2017, ‘Fair Work takes swipe at H & M over failing to disclose pay cuts’, Australian Financial Review, 18 January, p. 3. Marin-Guzman, D 2017, ‘Watson cuts moorings with final dissent’, Australian Financial Review, 23 January, p. 4. Marin-Guzman, D 2017, ‘Coles ends bargaining over weekend rates’, Australian Financial Review, 5 July, p. 4. Pekarek, A, Landau, I, Gahan, P, Forsyth, A & Howe, J 2017, ‘Old game, new rules? The dynamics of enterprise bargaining under the Fair Work Act’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 44-64. Ross, I 2016, ‘Future directions: Enhancing the public value of the Fair Work Commission’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 402-418. Stevens, M 2017, ‘Brutally honest of broken system’, Australian Financial Review, 23 January, p. 28. Stevens, M 2017, ‘Fair Work tinkers as IR system burns’, Australian Financial Review, 24 February, p. 32. Townsend, K, Wilkinson, A & Burgess, J 2013, ‘Is enterprise bargaining still a better way of working?’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 100-117. Watson, G 2017, “‘Better off overall’ test creates more jobless workers”, Australian Financial Review, 28 March, p. 39. Westacott, J 2017, ‘Enterprise bargaining on the brink’, Australian Financial Review, 2 February, p. 34. WEBSITE https://www.fwc.gov.au/