New Executive Director appointed to the AIER

The Australian Institute of Employment Rights is delighted to announce the appointment of Clare Ozich to the role of Executive Director. After starting work as a solicitor, Clare worked at the Office of Native Title in WA, and as a legal officer with UnionsWA before...

Registered Organisations Bill passes the Reps

The Government’s Bill to amend the Registered Organisations Act passed the House of Representatives on its last sitting day for 2013. The Bill seeks to create a new Registered Organisations Commission to monitor and regulate registered organisations and to provide it...

To swing or not to swing, that was the question

The question of whether our industrial relations laws should be radically altered under the current Abbott government was the subject of this year’s AIER Ron McCallum Debate. Two hundred of Australia’s leading human resources, industrial relations and labour law...