Future Students

Employment Relations

Having good employment relations is one of the key issues in making any economy competitive. It affects everyone who is in paid work. 

In the Employment Relations major students will study the way work is organised, the way employees are managed, the role of unions, how co-operation and negotiation can be developed, how conflict can emerge.  The nature of employment relations in both Australia and other countries will be examined using instititutional and sociological perspective.

Employment Relations can be studied as a major in the Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Economics, associated combined degrees and can also be studied in the Bachelor of Arts.

Level 1 core unitsACCT1101 Financial Accounting

• ECON1101 Microeconomics: Prices and Markets
• STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics

Additional prerequisite unitsIREL1101 Foundations of Employment Relations

• IREL1102 Australian Employment Relations

Level 2 and 3 core units

Level 2 and 3 option units

Career opportunities

An understanding of employment relations is important particularly for those aspiring to a management position in the private or government sector, working for a union or becoming involved in industrial law.

An industrial relations specialist has a challenging role in conducting research, developing strategy, giving advice, negotiating agreements and resolving disputes. The same is true for union officials who spend their time acting for their members to ensure that they are properly represented in the workplace and that the agreements reached are acceptable to them.