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

• VerfasserIn: Hancock, Keith,
• TeilnehmendeR: University of Adelaide Press,
• Place / Publishing House: Adelaide : : The University of Adelaide Press,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 731 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

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.

Table of 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 setting -- The Powers era -- The new regime -- Wage policy in Depression and recovery 1929-1939 -- The setting -- 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.