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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Employees should be told of the conditions of their employment. It is implicit in the notion of an agreement to employ that the parties both know exactly what they are agreeing about. However, the right of the employee to be provided with access to employment conditions prior to, or on commencement of, employment remains uncertain. Recent changes to the law have improved the right of employees to access to their terms of their employment but gaps remain that should be addressed. Continue reading “The Right to Know: Employees and Their Conditions of Employment” »
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights, the Centre for Employment & Labour Relations Law and Ridgeline HR invite you to attend a seminar to discuss how to create workplaces free from discrimination and harassment.
DATE AND TIME: Tuesday 17 May, 2011: 9.30am – 11.30am
VENUE: Room 106, Level 1, Law School, Melbourne University, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton
Continue reading “SEMINAR: Bullying and Harassment – Culture, Practice and Compliance” »
Last month the United Nations released a much-anticipated set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. The Guiding Principles seek to provide for the first time an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights (including labour rights) impacts linked to business activity. Continue reading “Protect, Respect and Remedy: Setting a Global Standard for Business and Human Rights” »
Joellen Riley, Professor of Labour Law at Sydney Law School, discusses the unhealthy hangover of the WorkChoices era – ‘pizza pay’ – and its eradication under current workplace laws. Continue reading “Outlawing ‘pizza pay’: Fair Payment Under the Fair Work Act” »
The ILO’s Bureau of Workers’ Activities, ACTRAV, has recently published a new guide on how workers can use international labour standards to promote corporate social responsibility. Continue reading “ILO Releases its Workers Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility” »
Justice at Work: Are We Achieving It? Can the System Deliver It?
Presented by the Australian Institute of Employment Rights, this year’s debate will celebrate the work of Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum – Senior Australian of the Year 2011 and AIER Patron. The debate will feature a special presentation by former member of the High Court, Justice Michael Kirby, and will be chaired by one of Australia’s most esteemed journalists, Jana Wendt.
DATE AND TIME: 22 June, 2011: 4pm to 6pm
VENUE: Wesley Theatre, Wesley Convention Centre, 220 Pitt Street, Sydney
Continue reading “EVENT: The Inaugural Ron McCallum Debate” »