abstract: 'The significance of the Harvester Judgment in 1907 was not only in the

  establishment of a `fair and reasonable'' wage, which became known as the

  basic wage, but also in the principle that wages had to meet at least

  the basic social needs of the worker''s family. Income earned through

  employment was thus regarded as primary welfare. These principles in

  wage determination were discarded in the 1960s and the de-regulation

  policies of the 1980s further increased the division between employment

  and social needs. Exacerbated by the endemic high levels of

  unemployment, the progressive de-regulation of the labour marked since

  the 1980s has been one of the most significant causative factors in the

  growing inequality in Australia.'
affiliation: JAMROZIK, A (Corresponding Author), FLINDERS UNIV S AUSTRALIA,BEDFORD
  PK,SA 5042,AUSTRALIA.
author: JAMROZIK, A
author_list:
- family: JAMROZIK
  given: A
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1994.tb00941.x
files: []
issn: 0157-6321
journal: AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES
language: English
month: MAY
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '11'
pages: 162-170
papis_id: cef494f2b4c365820356ec4b433bf940
ref: Jamrozik1994harvesterderegulatio
times-cited: '1'
title: FROM HARVESTER TO DEREGULATION - WAGE-EARNERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN WELFARE-STATE
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:A1994NT92500004
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volume: '29'
web-of-science-categories: Social Issues
year: '1994'