by Renee Burns | Sep 14, 2019 | General
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...
by AIER admin | Sep 13, 2019 | Events, General
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...
by AIER admin | Sep 12, 2019 | General
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...
by AIER admin | Sep 3, 2019 | General, Submissions
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...
by Renee Burns | Jul 26, 2019 | General
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...
by Anthony Forsyth | Jul 26, 2019 | General
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...
