Australian gig workers will be able to negotiate for minimum pay and conditions under a new law to be introduced next week in parliament by the centre-left Labor government. The …
Upholding Qantas’s decision to sack staff would weaken workplace rights, union warns
Upholding Qantas’s decision to sack staff ahead of industrial action would create “uncertainty” about accessing workplace rights and water down protections against other forms of discrimination, such as sacking workers …
Labor gets its workplace changes through in the nick of time after late-night Senate sitting
Labor’s centrepiece industrial relations laws have passed the parliament, after many hours of late-night debate. It’s a political win for the government, which wanted the bill passed before the end …
Australia: Labor gets its workplace changes through in the nick of time after late-night Senate sitting
Labor’s centrepiece industrial relations laws have passed the parliament, after many hours of late-night debate. It’s a political win for the government, which wanted the bill passed before the end …
Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations: A Handbook for Practitioners
“In 2019 – 2022, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights led the project on civil liability for human rights violations funded by the Oak Foundation (Project). The Project involved a comparative …
Time to deliver on gig economy worker rights
It has been 10 years since Uber arrived in Australia. While there have always been independent contractors that work on demand, the launch of the app-based ride-hailing business triggered a …
Uber Eats riders’ families launch legal battle for compensation after deaths
The transport union has launched legal proceedings in an attempt to force the NSW state insurer to pay compensation for the deaths of two Uber Eats riders who were killed …
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Legislating to Rebuild Worker Power: The Industrial Relations Reforms We Need from the Albanese Labor Government
“Industrial relations reform has been a highly contested area of Australian public policy for the last 30 years. But let’s focus on the period since the last Labor Government brought …