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Thomson Reuters Mental Health & Employment Law Conference
The Thomson Reuters’ 4th annual Mental Health & Employment Law Conference is taking place in October 2021 in Brisbane, Online and Perth. According to Safe Work Australia the average time off for a work-related mental disorder is 14.8 weeks and average compensation...
Ron McCallum Debate 2020 – Live Recording
To watch the live recording, read the transcript or watch with closed captions click here!
Introducing “Work Matters” the new AIER Podcast!
The first episode “The Machine as Boss: Regulating the Gig Economy and Algorithmic Management” is available now!
AIER Newsletter 01 / 2021
The first AIER newsletter for 2021 is available now.
10th Annual Ron McCallum Debate
This year’s AIER Ron McCallum Debate on Labour Relations and Pandemics: Past, Present, Future will be held on Thursday, 22 October 2020.
AIER appoints new Executive Director
James Fleming has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Employment Rights.
Ensuring Integrity Bill Defeated
Yesterday the Australian Senate delivered a most welcome surprise, defeating the proposed Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019. The result is an important statement by our Senate - echoing the voices of Australian workers...
Ensuring Integrity Bill: 7 Good Reasons to Say NO
As we near the Senate vote on the Ensuring Integrity Bill we look at 7 good reasons why this Bill should be voted down. 1. The Bill is excessive - The measures proposed under the Ensuring Integrity Bill go beyond the recommendations of the Heydon Royal Commission into...
Watch the 2019 Ron McCallum Debate
The 9th Annual Ron McCallum Debate topic was Representation and voice in the new world of work. Moderated by the Hon Geoff Giudice AO, with reflections from Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum AO, the panel discussion featured: Natalie James, Partner, Deloitte and former...
ICTUR International Union Rights (2019) 26(2)
Our Executive Director, Renee Burns has contributed to an ILO Centenary Issue of International Union Rights produced by the London based ICTUR. The piece examines the extent to which Australia complies with its international labour and human rights obligations and the...
NTEU Symposium
Professor Anthony Forsyth, from the Graduate School of Business & Law, RMIT and Renee Burns, Executive Director, Australian Institute of Employment Rights, will discuss the “Ensuring Integrity Bill”. When: Tuesday the 17th September Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am...
9th Annual Ron McCallum Debate
Representation and voice in the new world of work 4:00pm - 6:00pm, Thursday 31 October 2019 UTS Auditorium, Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, 14-28 Ultimo Road, Sydney Join us in this, the centenary year of the ILO as we discuss and debate the role and form of...
Senate EEC Inquiry into the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity Bill) 2019
The AIER made a submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019. We argue the proposed amendments are in direct violation of Australia’s labour and...
Ensuring Integrity Bill violates the rule of law and freedom of association
The Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 (‘EI Bill’) has been re-introduced to Parliament couched in talk of the rule of law and “appalling behaviour” by union officials and sections of the union movement. But look beyond the...
Key ‘take-out’ of the Calombaris scandal: action required to end wage theft now
originally featured on the Labour Law Down Under Blog The Enforceable Undertaking entered into between MasterChef star George Calombaris’s MADE Establishment Pty Ltd and the Fair Work Ombudsman makes for interesting reading. The celebrity chef has rightly copped a...
Post-election Workplace Relations: What Now?
Nearly one week on from the Coalition Government’s ‘miracle’ election win the Australian labour movement is asking itself what went wrong. This time around Australia did not vote to change the rules, perhaps some hesitancy might be attributed to the lack of detail around industry level bargaining, perhaps the ALP policy suite was too broad to be fully grasped, perhaps $55 million dollars directed at polarising the electorate is depressingly effective.
2019 Federal Election: What’s proposed for workplace relations
With less than two weeks remaining of the federal election campaign we take this opportunity to look at what the major parties have proposed for workplace relations.
Submission to the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
View the AIER submission to the National Inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces here.
Submission to the Victorian Government Inquiry into the On-Demand Economy
View the AIER submission to the Victorian Government Inquiry into the on-demand economy here.
The 2018 Ron McCallum Debate Summary: ‘Collective Bargaining: Delivering in the public interest?’
The Institute’s eighth Ron McCallum Debate was another great success and we were thrilled to be joined by John Hendy QC, Chair of our sister organisation, the British Institute of Employment Rights. Our panel engaged in robust discussion about the failings of...
Watch the 2018 Ron McCallum Debate
The 2018 Ron McCallum Debate topic was Collective Bargaining: Delivering in the public interest? Watch our panel explore the state of enterprise bargaining and discuss the form of collective bargaining into the future. Read our summary of the debate and download our discussion paper.