• Stakeholders – employers, employees, employer associations, unions, government organisations, society
• Legal – the current legal framework
  • The employment contract – common law (rights and obligations of employers and employees), minimum employment standards, minimum wage rates, awards, enterprise agreements, other employment contracts
  • Work health and safety and workers compensation
  • Antidiscrimination and equal employment opportunity
• Economic
• Technological
• Social – changing work patterns, living standards
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility

Extract from Business Studies Stage 6 Syllabus. © 2010 Board of Studies NSW.