The AIER offers an authoritative, independent voice on workplace relations policy and practice.
Submissions made by the AIER advocate for legislation and practice that supports fair conditions and decent work. Our submissions are informed by academic research and those international labour and human rights standards Australia has signed onto.
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Victorian Labour Hire and Insecure Work Inquiry
The AIER’s submission to the Victorian Labour Hire and Insecure Work Inquiry
Social justice demands enhanced rights for workers
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights has released its submission to the ALRC’s Freedoms Inquiry.
AIER Submission to ALRC Freedoms Inquiry
AIER has made a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into Traditional Rights and Freedoms. Our submission focuses on the unjustified limitations in Commonwealth law, notably the Fair Work Act and Competition and Consumer Act, on freedom of...
AIER Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace Bullying
The AIER Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace Bullying was submitted to the Standing Committee on 29 June 2012. AIER Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Workplace Bullying
Stories of Insecurity
AIER appeared before the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work To read more...
Culture change the key to productivity says IR think tank
The Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER), Australia’s only independent tripartite industrial relations think tank, says that the key to raising Australia’s productivity lies in changing workplace culture not reducing work place rights. In its submission to...
AIER Submission to the FWA Review of the Australian minimum wage for 2011-12
AIER FWA Submission Minimum Wage Review October 2011
AIER Submission to the FWA Review of the Australian minimum wage for 2011-12
AIER FWA Submission Minimum Wage Review October 2011
AIER Argues for Mandatory Dispute Settlement in the Woolworths Case
In this recent submission to Fair Work Australia (FWA) in the matter Woolworths Ltd t/as Produce and Recycling Distribution Centres [2010] the Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) argues that dispute resolution procedures in collective agreements are...
AIER Presents its Preventative Health and Workplace Culture Submission
In a new submission, the Australian Institute of Employment Rights (AIER) calls on the federal government to take preventative steps to stop poor workplace health injuring workers, and argues that the single biggest contribution it can make to preventative health is...