Award Restructuring: Factors Associated with its Progress and Success

Abstract

Interne debate surrounds the issue of award restructuring in Australia. This paper seeks to inform this debate by analyzing results from a survey of workplace managers seeking their views on the amount of progress being made with, and the outcomes being achieved from, award restructuring. In particular, sophisticated multivariate techniques are used to identify those workplace characteristics associated with successful negotiation and implementation. A four-stage model of the process Is tested and the results indicate that success with award restructuring, as observed at the workplace level, is most dependent on the presence of structures which facilitate enterprise bargaining plus the quali..