ACTU Plan the Path to Democracy in the Workplace

Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) Advisory Committee member Dr Anthony Forsyth evaluates the Australian Council of Trade Union’s (ACTU) report ‘A Fair Go At Work’, which outlines the peak union body’s proposals for enshrining collective...

WorkChoices: Hobson’s Choice at Work

In an address at the recent Australian Labour Law Association Conference in Brisbane Rob Durbridge, the Executive Director of Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER), questions the Howard Government’s recent WorkChoices amendments and explores options for...

Reforming Australian Industrial Relations?

In his address as part of the 21st Foenander Lecture, Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) Advisory Committee member Joe Issac explores the place of the WorkChoices legislation within the framework of an economically efficient and socially fair industrial...

WorkChoices…The Low Road to Nowhere?

Australian Institute for Employment Rights (AIER) Executive Director Rob Durbridge outlines the wider implications of the federal government’s radical new WorkChoices legislation. As we enter the new financial year, what is the forecast for the federal...