Labour-Management Studies Foundation

Making the Link Vol 8 1997

Making the Link 8: Affirmative Action and Industrial Relations is the edited collection of selected papers presented at the eighth Women, Management and Industrial Relations Conference. The two day conference, which was held in July, 1996, was organized by the Affirmative Action Agency and the Labour-Management Studies Foundation at the Macquarie University Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University. 

The Editors: Professor Ed Davis is the director of the Labour-Management Studies Foundation Program. Valerie Pratt  is Honorary Professional Fellow at the Macquarie University Graduate School of Management.She was formerly director of the Affirmative Action Agency.

Preface
  Making the Link 8  
Developments in Industrial Relations and EEO
Chapter 1 A Radical Attack on Protection Jennie George
Chapter 2 Reforming Industrial Relations in a World Economy Vernon Winley
Pay Equity
Chapter 3 The Employer View: Pay Equity Doesn't Mean Equal Pay Mark Paterson
Chapter 4 A Persistent Plateau? Meg Smith
Child Care
Chapter 5 Advocating Quality Child Care Quentin Bryce
Chapter 6 Family Friendly Policies Make Business Sense Susan Biggs
Women and Work
Chapter 7 Why Only Back Seats in the Boardroom? Kathleen Townsend
Chapter 8 Employment and the Future Russell Landsbury
Chapter 9 Seeking EEO Best Practice Deborah Marr
Affirmative Action: 1986-1996
Chapter 10 In the Beginning was a Bill to Tackle Discrimination Susan Ryan
Chapter 11 Hindsight is Easier Than Foresight Valerie Pratt
Chapter 12 They Say: 'You Shouldn't Put Women in the Frontline' Sandra Triulzi
Affirmative Action: 1996-2006
Chapter 13 We Have to Hook Business Where It Counts Catherine Harris
Chapter 14 On the Right Track, But Don't Lose Momentum Sue Walpole
Chapter 15 Strong Lighting From the NSW State Experience Carol Davis
Appendices
Appendix 1 Progress on Affirmative Action  
Appendix 2 Women at Work: Facts and Figures  
Appendix 3 Sexual Harressment in the Workplace ILO
Appendix 4 Women at Work: The International Picture ILO
Appendix 5 Managing Diversity Robin Kramer
Appendix 6 Enterprise Bargaining and Equal Pay: Are They Compatible?

Deidre O'Connor