Library




Employment & Labour Relations Law (LAW2/3ELR)

Key Resources:
Cases

Always check CaseBase or FirstPoint to see if a decision that appears on AustLII has subsequently appeared in a reported series. Full list of online cases.

Abbreviation
Full Title
Publisher
AIRC
via AustLII
via AIRC
Australian Industrial Relations Commission AustLII & AIRC
AIRCFB
via AustLII
via AIRC
Australian Industrial Relations Commission Full Bench AustLII & AIRC
AILR Australian Industrial Law Reports CCH
EOC Equal Opportunity Cases CCH
IR Industrial Reports LawBook
Print holdings
PR________ Australian Industrial Relations Commission numbering system AIRC


Databases:

Journals

  • Australian Journal of Labour Law:
    In Print (all volumes) | Online (vol 8, no 3 +)
  • Industrial Law News Online (2006+)
  • Employment Law Bulletin [This journal is held at the Wodonga Library. Request articles at the Inquiries Desk]
Legislation and Related Materials

Practice Questions:
  1. Find a copy of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Act 2008 (Cth).
  2. Recent amendments to the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (Vic) make it an offence for employers to place workers under surveillance in workplace toilets, washrooms and change rooms. Find a copy of this Act. Which section contains the new amendment?
  3. Commissioner Eames had found in the Priceline case that the termination was for genuine operational reasons and therefore could not proceed under s 643(1)(a) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth). Find s 643(1)(a) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth).
  4. Use CaseBase for this question. How many cases judicially considered s 643 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth)
  5. Locate a copy of Ziday, Clarke, Tan, Paskins, Walker v Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd [2008] AIRCFB 367. Is it on AustLII? Is it on the AIRC website? Has it been published in AILR?
  6. Locate a copy of Cruickshank v Priceline Pty Ltd [2007] AIRCFB 513 (Giudice P, Drake SDP, Whelan C) 27 June 2007. Is it on AustLII? Is it on the AIRC website? Has it been published in AILR?
  7. Did the Cruickshank v Priceline Pty Ltd AIRC Full Bench decision receive any newspaper coverage?
 
Internet Resources:

Legal Encyclopaedias

Halsbury's Laws of Australia

Laws of Australia