The Faculty of Law, Monash University, the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Labour Law Association and the Australian Institute of Employment Rights held a seminar to discuss the recent High Court decision in Bendigo Regional TAFE v Barclay on 1 November 2012.
This decision handed down in September 2012 is the first High Court decision considering the Fair Work Act’s adverse action provisions. This decision provides important guidance regarding the breadth of freedom of association provisions of the Act, the tests for discrimination and the role of union delegates.
What does this decision mean for managers, workers and their legal advisers?
AIER Executive member and Counsel for Mr Barclay, Mark Irving, discussed the decision and its implications.
Professor Marilyn Pittard, Faculty of Law, Monash University and Vice President, ALLA chaired the Seminar at Monash Law Chambers in Melbourne.
Download Mark Irving’s powerpoint presentation
- Executive Member, AIER
- Sean Scalmer is Professor of Australian History in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at Melbourne University. Sean studied political economy and political science at the University of Sydney, before undertaking a PhD on intellectuals and class in the Australian labour movement. He worked as a research fellow in the Department of Politics, Macquarie University (1998-2004), then as a Lecturer in Sociology (2004-2006) at the same University. He joined the School of Historical Studies at the University of Melbourne in 2007. Sean’s major interests are in the histories of social movements, class, and democracy. orders for food delivery platform workers. [Bio from Sean Scalmer’s Melbourne University webpage]