Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)

The functions of the AIRC were broadly summarized as follows:
- to facilitate agreement making between employers and employees or organisations of employees about wages and conditions of employment
- to ensure that a safety net of fair minimum wages and conditions of employment is established and maintained
- to prevent and settle industrial disputes, so far as possible by conciliation, and, where appropriate within the limits specified by the Workplace Relations Act 1996 [WR Act], by arbitration
- to facilitate equal remuneration for work of equal value
- to conciliate claims for relief in relation to termination of employment, and if necessary to arbitrate whether a termination is harsh, unjust or unreasonable
- to deal with matters concerning organisations, particularly registration, amalgamation, cancellation, representation rights, alteration of eligibility rules and change of name.

The AIRC was replaced by Fair Work Australia in 2010.

See also:

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
Australian Workplace Agreement (AWA)
Codetermination
Collective Bargaining
Collectivization
Collectivism
Conflict

Based on the glossary section of Human Resource Management, 4th edition.

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