Human resources(HR) management and industrial relations (IR) often represent adversarial positions in a union workplace. HR is the employer's advocate. Industrial relations – a term synonymous with ...

Industrial relations is the term for all the complex interactions between employers and employees. How much workers are paid, the hours they work, their benefits and responsibilities all factor in, ...

As Australia contemplates its post-COVID economy, industrial relations reform has been repackaged by some as the way to “kickstart” growth. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has called for our ...

Members of the AEU have said “there is an appetite for serious escalation” as negotiations over wages and working conditions continue. The rail union says the government took “heavy-handed” action ...

Human Resources and Industrial Relations constitute a dynamic field that integrates traditional people management with the evolving complexities of industrial negotiation and collective engagement.