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Case study assessment

Word length 800 words( 600 for the anaylysis and 200 for the table)

Using one of those agreements as a reference point

1. Identify significant differences between that agreement from the two other agreements reviewed in your group(use worksheet).

2. Assess the degree to which the reference agreement differs from its relevant Modern Award (use worksheet).

3. Discuss the reasons for the differences you uncovered in (1) and (2) (write 600 words in essay-format at the end of the worksheet).

The 3 enterprise agreements are:

1. KFC National Enterprise agreement 2020
2. Morgan’s Cranes Pty Ltd Enterprise Agreement 2020
3. National Disability Insurance Agency Enterprise Agreement 2020-2023

Complete the table below:

	Title/AE no.	Industry	Industry segment (product market competition)	Duration (years)	Union-negotiated? Which one?
Enterprise Agreement 1
Enterprise Agreement 2
Enterprise Agreement 3

Wage Rate Comparison(find the classification structure; choose a classification that has a pay rate approximately in the middle of all the classifications)

	Classification name	Ordinary time wage per week	Ordinary time wage per year	Are there junior rates? Yes/No
EA1.
EA2.
EA3.

Which agreement is most generous, relative to the rate of pay in the relevant Modern Award?

	Ordinary time wage per week	Modern Award ordinary time wage per week	Gap in $
EA1.
EA2.
EA3.

Which agreement is most generous, relative to the average wage in the relevant industry?

	Ordinary time wage per week	Industry average wage (ABS 6302.0)	Gap in $
EA1.
EA2.
EA3.

Wage increases

	Total wages rises for the life of the agreement (%)	Calculate the average annual per cent wage growth for the life of the agreement:
EA1.
EA2.
EA3.

Hours of work

	Weekly working hours	Span across times on which employees can work without penalty rates	Anything distinctive about hours of work?
EA1.
EA2.
EA3.

Labour process:for the largest occupational group covered by each EA, is the labour process…..

	Labour-intensive, capital intensive or knowledge intensive?	Focused on ‘short run responsiveness’ (flexibility) or ‘long-term agility’ (human capital advantage)?
EA1.
EA2.
EA3.

Note two distinctive substantive rules for each agreement (ie. the rule is relevant only for this firm or this industry)

	EA 1.	EA 2.	EA 3.
Clause no./name
Clause no./name

Note onedistinctive procedural rule for each agreement

	EA 1.	EA 2.	EA 3.
Clause no./name

Note two clauses that relate to work health and safety.

	EA 1.	EA 2.	EA 3.
Clause no./name
Clause no./name

Rate the agreements in terms of:

	Clarity/’User friendly’	Interests of employees	Best principles of HRM
Best
Middle
Worse

The submission should:

–Be the completed worksheet (200 words) plus about 600 words in essay format.

–Acknowledge sources correctly using the Harvard referencing style.

–Have 2 – 3 credible sources to justify your claims about reasons for differences.

–Model professional practice by accurately recording details of the enterprise agreements and Modern Award in the Reference List.

After completing the table write a 600 word analysis.

Hint :The reasons that enterprise agreements are different are mostly because of the nature of working (the ’labour process’) in particular industry. Differences may also reflect the differences in bargaining power between employers and employees in an industry.

Resources:

Suggested sources:

For a particular enterprise agreement, find out something about the industry or business context by looking up the enterprise’s website, the relevant union website, or the relevant employer association website.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data: look up the level of wages and the rate of wages growth in the industry to which the enterprise belongs.

Scholarly journal articles: try the APA-FT database. This is the Australian Public Affairs database. Go to Library – e-resources – scroll down the APA-FT.

Current affairs shows, newspapers, business magazine articles and the company annual reports (try the ProQuestdatabase and Informit Edu TV).

Conference papers (try the AIRAANZ conference websitehttp://www.airaanz.org/conference.html). (AIRAANZ isthe Association of Industrial Relations Academics Australia and New Zealand)

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