Australia: in response to the crisis, the social-democrat government questions the liberal basis of labor law and conventional relations

loyees are covered by a new law, the Fair Work Law, which replaces the Workchoices Law, voted by a conservative majority in 1996 and amended in 2005. The new law balances labor relations, extending employee protection. (Ref. 090703)

The new law is, among other things, the result of a campaign (“Your Rights at Work”) carried out by the largest union confederation, the Australian Council of Trade Unions – ACTU, and the realization that there is insecurity at work because of the crisis. The new la