The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. Not enough has changed for garment workers.
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Psychopaths are fearless and confident. They may seem potentially resourceful employees. It never works out.
Whether an employer can insist on vaccination as a condition of employment is an ambiguous legal question, as shown by two recent unfair dismissal cases.
Insecure jobs, insufficient training and the marginalisation of unions have contributed to a tragic record of construction fatalities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the dangers of unhealthy workplaces and disempowered workers.
AMP’s sexual harassment scandal is symptomatic of a systemic failing in how workplace sexual harassment is regulated and managed.
Working from home changes your relationship with your workplace, but not the obligations you and your employer owe each other.
A maximum work week of 38 hours makes scientific sense. Working longer hours is bad for mental and physical health.
The death of apprentice Dillon Wu at a Melbourne factory raises questions about employer responsibility when a traditional employment relationship doesn’t exist.
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Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Researcher Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute; Sessional Academic RMIT University, The Australia Institute
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean of Management, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor HRM/IR, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Honorary Research Fellow, Humanities, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Management, RMIT University
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