Refor Ming Australian Industrial Relations Law: A Review of the Hancock Report

G. Fane
Additional contact information
G. Fane: The Australian National University.

Australian Journal of Management, 1988, vol. 13, issue 2, 223-247

Abstract: This paper reviews the Report of the (Hancock) Committee of Review into Australian Industrial Relations Law and Systems. It analyses the economic effects of minimum wage regulations and the extent to which Australian trade unions are “above†the law. It is argued that minimum wage legislation induces waste and exacerbates poverty by preventing disadvantaged groups from competing for the jobs of favoured groups. The report is criticised for neglecting these issues. The report's main attempted defence of the status quo—that it holds down wages—is rejected. It is also argued that the report's treatment of individual rights is unsatisfactory.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS LAW; MINIMUM WAGES; UNIONS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/031289628801300206 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:ausman:v:13:y:1988:i:2:p:223-247

DOI: 10.1177/031289628801300206

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Australian Journal of Management from Australian School of Business
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().