Australian wage policy : infancy and adolescence / by Keith Hancock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hancock, Keith, 1935- author.

Contributor:

University of Adelaide Press, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Australia--History.

Labor.

Arbitration agreements, Commercial--Australia.

Arbitration agreements, Commercial.

Arbitration and award.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

Adelaide : The University of Adelaide Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 Powers era

The new regime

Wage policy in Depression and recovery 1929-1939

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.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781922064462

1922064467

OCLC:

852140229

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.20851/wage-policy