Guest Contributions on COVID-19 and Work

Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian workers, businesses and the system of labour regulation: a special issue of the Australian Journal of

‘The Patricks of the pandemic’: Qantas and the unlawful outsourcing of 2000 jobs (by Josh Bornstein & Anthony Forsyth) An edited version of this post

Australian laws are not on the side of employers mandating Covid-19 vaccines, nor should they be (by Professor Joo-Cheong Tham) This latest guest contribution on

‘Thanks, but really, no thanks’: Morrison’s IR reform bill hurts our pandemic heroes An edited version of this post was published in the Sydney Morning

Casual employees: Why the Morrison government’s ‘double-dipping’ gambit fails the pub test This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down Under Blog is by Professor

Conflict or Cooperation? Australian Union Responses to COVID-19 Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University and Labour Law Down Under Blog. A longer version of this post was

COVID-19 and Labour Law: Australia – Consensus Policy Formulation Fraying at the Edges Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University and Labour Law Down Under Blog  This article

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need to address insecure work This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down Under Blog is by Professor Joo-Cheong

‘Labour is not a commodity’ through the lens of a global pandemic Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University and Labour Law Down Under Blog – this post

How the Pandemic has Impacted Workplace Investigations This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down Under Blog, by Adriana Orifici – Lecturer, Department of

‘Regular and systematic’ casual employment: the black hole locking young workers out of JobKeeper Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University and Labour Law Down Under Blog The

The post-pandemic case for unions Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University and Labour Law Down Under Blog – an edited version of this post was published in

From Paul, Bob (and Bill) to Scott, Christian (and Sally) … Morrison’s IR reform consultation is no new ‘Accord’ Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University and Labour

We should simplify our industrial relations system, but not in the way big business wants (by Prof David Peetz) This latest guest contribution on the

Employment and immigration at the time of COVID-19 (by Dr Giovanni Di Lieto) This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down Under Blog is

COVID-19 regulatory response: Facilitating necessary flexibility or an ideological attack on workers’ rights? (by Renee Burns) This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down

COVID-19 can’t be used to shut the door on discrimination law reforms (by Dr Dominique Allen) This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down

Age discrimination in a pandemic: COVID-19 and inequality at work (by Assoc Prof Alysia Blackham) This latest guest contribution on the Labour Law Down Under

Thoughts on Foodora’s Canadian Exit: Have Labour Laws Been Violated? (by Prof David Doorey) This is the fifth guest contribution on the Labour Law Down

Careful what you wish for – on the call to abolish awards (by Dr Jill Murray) I’m very pleased to publish this fourth guest contribution