The government’s proposed workplace safety reforms aim to create simpler rules for employers. Critics argue they may also move risk onto workers.
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A workplace law expert explains what your rights are – and whether employers who suspect people of not being sick can ask for a medical certificate.
If you live in these parts of Australia, you’ll get an extra public holiday for it this year. But millions of others aren’t so lucky.
Whether you’re single, a parent or carer, or an employer trying to look after your business and staff, a legal expert explains your rights ahead of the holidays.
It’s difficult to manage the stressors of work if you’re struggling with your mental health. Here are some recommendations for how to seek support.
Whether you’re a worker wanting to switch off at home, or a small business owner with last-minute roster changes, here’s how it’s set to change your work.
A decade of studying whistleblowers reveals the indispensable role played by supporters.
Workers in the Pilbara generate a significant portion of Australia’s mining wealth, but often face insecure work, mental distress and sexual harassment.
The bill gives the administrator sweeping powers, and the minister significant discretion to move the CFMEU into administration without going through the usual parliamentary scrutiny.
New allegations of corruption and misconduct in parts of the CFMEU have raised the question of whether unions are being properly regulated.
Canadians can make National Caregiver Day count by celebrating carer-employees and supporting the creation of carer-friendly supports in the workplace.
Bringing together worker, business, and government representatives helped set clearer rules for everyone on public holidays. We need to try that same approach to lift NZ’s poor productivity.
This Labour weekend we celebrate the eight-hour workday. But with technology blurring the line between job and home, we need to ask why our workplace law hasn’t kept pace with other countries.
The electronic monitoring and surveillance of employees is on the rise as growing numbers of people switch to hybrid and at-home work.
While women in poverty are more likely to experience sexual harassment and domestic abuse than higher-income women, people assume it is less distressing for them.
If an organisation mandates their workers return to the workplace – whether exclusively or in part – it needs to provide clear guidelines.
Three former dancers have taken legal action against Lizzo, levelling allegations of sexual harassment and the creation of a hostile work environment.
Public support for unions is at a near 60-year high. Meanwhile, self-organizers at major American chains are spearheading a new movement to mobilize.
The Morrison government says existing laws already provide a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment, but these don’t go far enough.
Workers who filed complaints faced retaliation and rarely got a favorable result from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Workplace and Business Law, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University
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Professor Emerita, Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Labour Law, University of Sydney
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Professor in Human Resource Management and Employee Relations, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Occupational Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor and Director, Franchising Centre, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
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PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne
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