Activity G Activity G
Read the information in the box below, and then IN YOUR OWN WORDS explain the role and function of employer associations. The information comes from various associations.
Employer associations exist because employers must be able to work together. Employers need to shape the environment in which their businesses operate, so they need organisations that can represent them wherever and whenever decisions on matters that will affect them are being made. Unless such organisations exist, decision makers will have no adequate means to find out what employers want and employers will have no adequate means to make their views known.
It is the right and the duty of the private sector to advise those who make decisions on the actions which business believes should be taken. It is the role of employer organisations to provide the views of the business community to those decision-makers
Employer organisations also provide their members with many useful services, as well as discounts and business advice. It is essential that you are a member of an employer association. There is strength in numbers and employer organisations depend on membership to be able to provide its services to the industry
The role of The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is to represent the interests of business at a national level as well as internationally. Through its network of businesses, each ACCI member organisation identifies the concerns of its members and plans united action. In this way business policies are developed and strategies for change are implemented. ACCI operates at a national and international level, making sure the concerns of business are represented to government at the federal level, and to the community at large.
ACCI takes a lead role in representing the views of business to government. ACCI's objective is to ensure that legislation or proposed policy approaches at a national level address the needs of Australian businesses, whether they are one of the top 100 Australian companies or a small sole trader.
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