Fair Work Commission

Introduction

The Fair Work Commission has completed a large-scale survey research project to collect data on employment and workplace relations matters.

The Australian Workplace Relations Study (AWRS) provides unique data to help researchers explore the relationship between different employment policies and practices and how they affect employers and employees.

The conference

The Commission hosted a conference on 25 and 26 June 2015 focusing on new research using the AWRS. 

Download the conference program (PDF).

Click on the links below to watch videos of each session, or to download available materials.

Session 1: Research into employee voice

• Download the paper: What has employee voice got to do with organisational performance? (PDF)
• Watch the video: What has employee voice got to do with organisational performance?

• Download the paper: Comparing employee voice in Australia and the UK (PDF)
• Watch the video: Comparing employee voice in Australia and the UK

Session 2: Research into wage-setting and outcomes

• Download the paper: Wage setting and employment relations in the not-for-profit sector (PDF)
• Watch the video: Wage setting and employment relations in the not-for-profit sector

• Download the paper: Low-wage workers in lacklustre firms? Evidence from the AWRS (PDF)
• Watch the video: Low-wage workers in lacklustre firms? Evidence from the AWRS

Session 3: Research into equality and inequality

• Download the slides: Gender equality in male dominated industries: evidence from the 2014 AWRS (PDF)
• Watch the video: Gender equality in male dominated industries: evidence from the 2014 AWRS

• Download the paper: Ethnicity and workplace inequality (PDF)
• Watch the video: Ethnicity and workplace inequality

• Download the slides: Earnings and characteristics of employees by gender and industrial arrangements (PDF)
• Watch the video: Earnings and characteristics of employees by gender and industrial arrangements

Session 4: Research into equal remuneration for work of equal or comparable value

• Download the slides: Methods of setting pay and the gender pay gap (PDF)
• Watch the video: Methods of setting pay and the gender gap

Conference papers will be published on this page as they are finalised by the authors.

Pre-conference workshop

A pre-conference workshop was held on the afternoon of Wednesday, 24 June 2015. The pre-conference workshop provided an introduction to the AWRS dataset, how it was generated and demonstrated the various platforms from which AWRS data can be accessed. 

Agenda

• Download the Agenda for the workshop (PDF)

Session 1: Design

• Watch the video: Session 1 - Design
• Download the Slides for session 1 - Design (PDF)

Session 2: Fieldwork

• Watch the video: Session 2 - Fieldwork
• Download the Slides for session 2 - Fieldwork (PDF)
• Download the Paper for session 2 - Fieldwork (PDF)

Session 3: Data

• Watch the video: session 3 - Data
• Download the Slides for session 3 - Data (PDF)

Enquiries

For enquiries about the conference, please email AWRSConference@fwc.gov.au.