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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133845803321

Autore

Hancock Keith <1935-, >

Titolo

Australian wage policy : infancy and adolescence / / by Keith Hancock [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Adelaide : , : The University of Adelaide Press, , 2013

ISBN

1922064467

9781922064462

9781922064479

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 731 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.5620994

Soggetti

Labor - Australia - History

Arbitration agreements, Commercial - Australia

Arbitration and award

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inception and setting -- The Higgins era 1907-1921 -- The setting -- The basic wage 1907-1921 -- Broadening the scope of wage policy -- Caution and restraint 1921-1929 -- The setting -- The Powers era -- The new regime -- Wage policy in Depression and recovery 1929-1939 -- The setting -- Wage policy and the onset of Depression -- The depths of the Depression -- The basic wage in the recovery -- Other aspects of wage policy 1935-1939 -- The economic critique -- The economics of wage regulation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a study of the operation of conciliation and arbitration, especially by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, from the inception of the system until World War II. It is not, however, a general history of conciliation and arbitration. It is about "wage policy", if the term is interpreted broadly enough to include both prescribed wages and other factors that affect the cost of labour, including working hours and leave.