21st Annual Labour Law Conference 2013
Monday, 22nd July
Workplace renewal and productivity growth -
No need for further industrial relations reform
The 21st Annual Labour Law Conference will pose the provocative question: Is the current industrial relations system our
best shot at improving productivity and fairness in the workplace?
Australian employers and workers have endured decades of labour law reform but in the run-up to the next election both
major political parties are promising no major changes.
This year’s Annual Labour law conference will explore ways of improving productivity and labour relations policy-making
within the existing system.
The conference will be opened by former Fair Work Commission President Geoffrey Giudice. He will identify the strengths
of the system and ways of managing problems without the need for more ‘system reform’.
The conference will consider how the policy formulation process can be improved to increase support for the existing
system and lead to a more stable and durable legislative framework.
This year’s speakers include:
The Honourable Geoffrey Giudice AO, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
Professor Emeritus Ron McCallum, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Professor Barbara Pocock, Director, Centre for Work + Life, University of South Australia
Stephen Smith , Director, National Industrial Relations, AiG
Tim Lyons, Assistant Secretary, ACTU
Josh Bornstein, Principal, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Richard Bunting, Partner, Ashurst
Professor Joellen Riley, Dean, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
Anthony Forsyth, Associate Professor & Director, Juris Doctor Programs, RMIT
Geoff McGill, Visiting Industry Scholar, WRC, University of Sydney Business School
Professor John Buchanan, Director, Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney Business School
ends