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Employer Associations

Employer associations' membership generally consist of employers who operate in the same or related industries. These associations represent the industrial (and sometimes the commercial or trade) interests of their member companies and organisations. They are usually respondents to the awards covering their members' employees. In Australia, employers' associations can be registered under the various state and federal acts as industrial organisations or unions.

Reading

Barry, M. "Employer Associations: Assessing Plowman's reactivity thesis" Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol 37(4) December 1995, pp 543-561.

Jadeja, R. Parties to the award: a guide to the pedigrees and archival resources of federally registered trade unions, employer associations and their peak councils in Australia 1904-1994. Canberra: Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, 1994.

Plowman, David et al. Bargaining structure, award respondency and employer associations. Kensington, NSW: University of NSW, 1992.

Plowman, David et al. Employer associations: industrial democracy and employee participation. Canberra: AGPS, 1986.

Plowman, David. Employer associations: an annotated bibliography. Sydney: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand, 1990.

Plowman, David. Employer associations in New South Wales. Kensington, NSW: University of NSW, 1981.

Plowman, David. "Employer associations: challenges and responses" Journal of Industrial Relations Vol 20, 1978, p. 237.

Plowman, David. "Industrial Legislation and the Rise of Employer Associations 1890-1906" Journal of Industrial Relations Vol 27, 1985, p.283.

Thomas, A. "Bodies all over the place" Business Review Weekly, Vol 18(36), Sept 16, 1996, pp 46-49.

Links

Australian Industry Group
Employer bodies
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry