by AIER admin | Apr 14, 2011 | General
Last month the United Nations released a much-anticipated set of Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights. The Guiding Principles seek to provide for the first time an authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human...
by AIER admin | Apr 14, 2011 | General
Joellen Riley, Professor of Labour Law at Sydney Law School, discusses the unhealthy hangover of the WorkChoices era – ‘pizza pay’ – and its eradication under current workplace laws. At the height of the ‘Your Rights at Work’ campaign against WorkChoices in...
by AIER admin | Apr 14, 2011 | General
The ILO’s Bureau of Workers’ Activities, ACTRAV, has recently published a new guide on how workers can use international labour standards to promote corporate social responsibility. ACTRAV, an arm of the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO),...
by AIER admin | Apr 14, 2011 | General, Past Events
Justice at Work: Are We Achieving It? Can the System Deliver It? Presented by the Australian Institute of Employment Rights, this year’s debate will celebrate the work of Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum – Senior Australian of the Year 2011 and AIER Patron. The debate...
by Lisa Heap | Mar 8, 2011 | General
As the ABCC’s investigation into sham contracting in the building and construction industry continues, the Australian Institute for Employment Rights (AIER) calls again for recognition of the foundation principle that workers performing the same or equivalent work as...
by Lisa Heap | Mar 7, 2011 | General
The decision to require the President of Fair Work Australia to appear before the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Reference Committee (SEEWRR) is an attack on the independence of this important tribunal. AIER has made a formal Statement setting...
