Qantas is trying to force minister Tony Burke out of its high court case. TWU has warned a Qantas win would water down protections against other forms of discrimination #auspol #ausunions
theguardian.com/business/2023/…

‘They haven’t the foggiest who we are’: the watchdog fighting to protect Britain’s exploited workers theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Thanks John Howe Tess Hardy for hosting us on CELRL policy briefs!

Retail environments are high-risk workplaces for sexual harassment, especially for women and casual workers. VicEO+HumanRights's recent investigation has findings that will assist the sector to prevent workplace sexual harassment. Find out more: humanrights.vic.gov.au/legal-and-poli…

I first wrote about this tragedy two years ago. Now, in a landmark decision, the NSW state insurer has awarded Xiaojun Chen’s family a major payout and agreed he was an employee not a contractor.

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Court imposes $204,000 in penalties on Brisbane fast food outlet. Nepalese visa holder worked 66 hours a week but paid just $11-$13 an hour. Outlet used false records to try to frustrate Fair Work Ombudsman probe.

Read our new options paper on Corporate Criminal Liability – out today.

Our review was launched following concerns that the law falls short in holding corporations – especially large companies – to account, particularly for crimes such as fraud.

Report: lawcom.gov.uk/law-commission…

Adelaide Law School Jim Stanford 'Using super to buy a house puts women at a disadvantage' - Ebony Bennett 'The #genderpaygap remains stubborn and persistent - somewhere between 13-19% despite efforts to close that gap. The current mechanisms are not cutting it.' - Tess Hardy #auspol

Join the authors of our new report on wages (A.Stewart,
Tess Hardy & Jim Stanford) for a webinar on wages, prices & the election: Tues 17May 11am AEST, hosted by Australia Institute. Registration free but essential: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…. Full report: assets.nationbuilder.com/theausinstitut…

This new report emphasises that ‘wages should normally grow *faster* than inflation’ - an important contribution to the wages debate from Centre for Future Work Tess Hardy CELRL

This was a great deal of fun, talking employment status in the UK and Australia with Melbourne friends.

Recording now available -

International and Comparative Perspectives on Jamsek and Personnel Consulting (April 2022) law.unimelb.edu.au/centres/celrl/…

Join us for our next online national webinar, 'The Functions, Powers and Compliance Activities of Wage Inspectorate Victoria: A Conversation with Rob Hortle'.

Robert Hortle, Commissioner of Wage Inspectorate Victoria & Tess Hardy

May 4, details & registration: law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

Looking forward to this - Alan Bogg and Prof Cooney talking about the divergence emerging between Australian and UK labour law

Join us for the first ALLA national webinar for 2022: 'Labour Law Implications of recent High Court Decisions: Jamsek & Personnel Contracting'.

Speakers: Mark Irving QC, Rachel Francois & Professor Joellen Riley-Munton.

March 10, details & registration: law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

Coles taken to court for allegedly underpaying staff by $115m in just 3 yrs. Fair Work Ombudsman accusing retailer of massively underestimating its underpayment of staff when it predicted $20m backpay bill last year. One staffer allegedly underpaid $471k. afr.com/work-and-caree…

Adelaide bubble tea chain accused of underpaying staff $186,000 goes into liquidation theguardian.com/australia-news…

ALLA 2021 Conference feat. more than 30 papers across 11-12 Nov 2021. Standard registration rates available to 8 Nov. Program, registration & details at law.unimelb.edu.au/alla/events/na…

#labourlaw #CoSolve Josh Bornstein Tony Burke Amanda Stoker Fair Work Ombudsman Ai Group Industrial Relations Society of Victoria

We need a single properly resourced labour inspectorate. We need to empower individuals and trade unions to enforce rights in the courts. This will disperse power, and recognise that there is a dignity in vindicating one’s private rights in a public forum. theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…

Low wage, low growth. Porter’s industrial relations bill is only good in parts: buff.ly/3a67m0k @drtesshardy The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand #ausecon #auspol

Melbourne Law School’s associate professor Tess Hardy is among the leading labour law experts who are lodging a submission to express their concerns over the Coalition’s Industrial relations bill. go.unimelb.edu.au/9rsi