WORKPLACE REFORM
Australia’s bushfire crisis leaves employees vulnerable
Australia’s bushfire crisis leaves employees vulnerable An edited version of this post was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 9 January 2020: Australia fires: volunteers, victims should have right to
What explains the $300 million underpayments at Woolworths? No, the IR system is not that complex
What explains the $300 million underpayments at Woolworths? No, the IR system is not that complex An edited version of this post was published in The Conversation on 11 November
Christian Porter’s Industrial Relations Review is a ruse for delivering the business agenda
Christian Porter’s Industrial Relations Review is a ruse for delivering the business agenda With the ACTU’s Change the Rules reforms off the table for now, the re-elected Morrison Govt has
The Fair Work Ombudsman’s ‘contrition payment’ approach to wage theft is just not cutting it
The Fair Work Ombudsman’s ‘contrition payment’ approach to wage theft is just not cutting it Last week, submissions closed on Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter’s consultation on Improving protections of
The Ensuring Integrity Bill and the chimera of ‘regulating unions just like companies’
The Ensuring Integrity Bill and the chimera of ‘regulating unions just like companies’ This post is based on my presentation to the NTEU Symposium on the Ensuring Integrity Bill held
The Ensuring Integrity Bill is about one thing: curtailing union power
The Ensuring Integrity Bill is about one thing: curtailing union power Last week I co-authored the Australian Institute of Employment Rights submission to the Senate Committee on the federal Government’s
Key ‘take-out’ of the Calombaris scandal: action required to end wage theft now
Key ‘take-out’ of the Calombaris scandal: action required to end wage theft now An edited version of this post was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 2 August 2019:
As the Fair Work Act turns 10, its (unexpected) winding-back begins
As the Fair Work Act turns 10, its (unexpected) winding-back begins Well, what a difference a couple of months makes. At the start of May, Australia’s unions were eagerly anticipating
2019 Federal Election Debrief: Where next for Australia’s unions and the ‘change the rules’ campaign’?
An edited version of this post was published in The Conversation, 23 May 2019: ‘Where to now for unions and change the rules?’. Well, very few people saw that coming: a Coalition
2019 Federal Election Primer, Part 4: Decision Time
2019 Election Primer, Part 4: Decision Time This is the fourth and final in a series of posts discussing the major aspects of workplace relations policy in the lead-up to
