Steve O'Neill

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Fair work amendment (textile, clothing and footwear industry) bill 2011

This digest examines the Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2011, currently before the Senate

Meeting employee entitlements in the event of employer insolvency

The spate of corporate closures highlights the difficult position of employees and creditors when a corporation and non-corporate trading entities become insolvent

Trade union membership standards for Not for Profit regulation: standards too high?

This research paper pursues the governance aspect of the proposed NFP regulation, putting the case for entities, which comprise the NFP sector, to adopt constitutions, objects and rules for administration upon registration

Chronology of Fair Work: background, events and related legislation

This background note traces the genesis and development of the Rudd / Gillard Government's Fair Work policy and legislation

Toward national workplace safety and workers' compensation systems: a chronology

Responsibility for implementing workers‘ compensation schemes and workplace health and safety in Australia has traditionally resided with state and territory governments

Guide to the federal wage safety net

This Research Paper sets out some of the key features associated with the safety net/s for wages and employment conditions

Unfair dismissal and the small business exemption

This background note discusses the attempts to exclude small business from the federal termination of employment provisions and specifically those provisions allowing employees who perceive their dismissal to have been "harsh, unjust or unreasonable" (unfair) to contest the dismissal via application to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission

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Copyright Law Inquiry
10 February 2012

The Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, has announced the appointment of Professor Jill McKeough as Commissioner in charge of the ALRC’s Inquiry into Copyright Law.

Default Superannuation Funds in Modern Awards: new inquiry
07 February 2012
The Productivity Commission has been asked to report within 8 months on Default Superannuation Funds in Modern Awards. The inquiry covers the design of criteria for the selection and ongoing assessment of superannuation funds for nomination as default funds in modern awards.
Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access released
13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

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