A Mediation Mechanism of Australian Industrial Relations

The first law that Australia mediated industrial relations is the Federal Mediation Arbitration Law that promulgated in 1904 The Law was revised several times and renamed with the change of society It was important to play a key role of establishing and mediating industrial relations The functional department of Australian government in dealing with mediating industrial relations is the federal and state workplaces relations, the small enterprise department, employment spokes and quasi-government institute --Industrial Relations Committee The Federal Industrial Mediation Committee that is comprised by laborers, employers and government promotes the coordination of industrial relations in the high level The trade unions and employers' organizations are the two main bodies of Australian mediation mechanism The Law requires that the parties to industrial relations assign collective agreements through collective bargaining and mediate labor conflicts But the Industrial Relations Committee deals with labor disputes In recent years, the mediating mechanism of Australian industrial relations is more and more perfect The cases of labor disputes are reducing and Australian industrial relations are basically harmonious