Pay and employment conditions were historically set in Australia by "awards", awards are legally enforceable determinations made by federal or state industrial tribunals that set the terms of employment usually in a particular industry or occupation, sometimes these awards supplemented by industrial agreements negotiated by trade unions and employers or employer organisations. Another method of wage determination is Individual Contracts (individual agreements) this is where the terms of employment are set and are agreed to …
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…enterprise bargaining has had many impacts. One is that many women's rights groups are claiming that although women's pay was creeping towards equality with men's pay, it is very like likely to return to the same conditions before the improvements due to the new enterprise bargaining system. This is mainly because women are judged by the employees by stereotypical "women work as a hobby" myth. Due to the loosened safety net roles for enterprise bargaining.