Alternative Workplace Bargaining Frameworks within the Western Australian Public Sector: Implications for Organizational Change

A. Travaglione
J. Taya
A. Khan

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DOI: 10.2190/BECT-111T-5449-Y6DK

Abstract

Since 1991 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission has been prepared to recognize enterprise bargaining agreements. A phenomenal growth in enterprise agreements has occurred in recent years. In Western Australia a new framework for employment negotiations was introduced in 1993 in the form of workplace agreements. Using a case study approach, the implementation and relative effectiveness of the two frameworks has been researched in two key state government agencies considered to be models in enterprise bargaining and workplace bargaining, respectively. It is clear that both frameworks have been successful and need to remain in place, to provide employers and employees with appropriate employment regulation options. The framework chosen by the organization will depend on the type of relationship the organization has with its employees and the nature of the change occurring within it. Organizations with the ability to determine the appropriate bargaining framework will succeed in implementing change while others may be daunted by the task.

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