Part 1 of Essay
Industrial relations in Australia is undergoing considerable change. The counterpart organisations to unions for employees are, of course, s. This paper argue that s exist to provide to employers, services to enable them to cope with the demands of unions and the complexities of employing staff in terms of wages to be paid ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... members. A distinction can, in practice, be made between employer organisations and s. Not all employer organisations are concerned with industrial relations issues. Those which are, are referred to as 's' (Deery and Plowman, op cit, p.191). Thus, s are a particular form of employer organisation. In essence, employer organisations developed to provide services which individual employers could not provide nearly as easily. More specifically, employer organisations were developed to fulfil a number of aims. The a ....