Regulating Precarious Work in Australia

Biddington Jill , ‘Lives on Hold: Unlocking the Potential of Australia's Workforce’ (Report of the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work in Australia, 2012) (‘Insecure Work Report’).

See Workplace Relations Framework Draft Report, Productivity Commission, August 2015, 99–108.

Vosko Leah and Zukewich Nancy , ‘Precarious by Choice? Gender and Self-Employment’ in Vosko Leah , (ed), Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006) 67, 71.

Biddington , above n 1, 14.

Ibid 28, 30. Casuals who are working systematic and regular hours do have – in theory at least – unfair dismissal protection.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (‘ABS’) , 6359.0 Forms of Employment, 2013 (May 2014).

Australian Council of Trade Unions (‘ACTU’) , The Future of Work in Australia: Dealing with Insecurity and Risk: An ACTU Options Paper on Measures to Promote Job and Income Security, Working Australia Paper 13/2011, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne, 2011 (‘ACTU Options Paper’) 4.

ABS , above n 6.

Biddington , above n 1, 34.

ABS , above n 6.

Johnstone Richard , Beyond Employment: The Legal Regulation of Work Relationships (Federation Press, 2012) 37.

Benach Joan Muntaner Carles and Santana Vilma , Employment Conditions one Health Inequalities: Final Report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (Employment Conditions Knowledge Network, 20 September 2007); Quinlan Michael , ‘The “Pre-Invention” of Precarious Employment: The Changing World of Work in Context’ (2012) 23 Economic and Labour Relations Review 3.

ACTU , above n 7, 3, 11.

Quinlan Michael , ‘Contextual Factors Shaping the Purpose of Labour Law: A Comparative Historical Perspective’ in Arup Christopher , (eds), Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation (Federation Press, 2006) 21, 29.

ACTU , above n 7, 14.

See Johnstone , above n 11, 66–67.

Stone Katherine V W and Arthurs Harry , ‘The Transformation of Employment Regimes: A Worldwide Challenge’ in Stone Katherine V W and Arthurs Harry , (eds), Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment (Russell Sage Foundation, 2013) 4–5.

Riley Joellen , ‘A Fair Deal for the Entrepreneurial Worker? Self-Employment and Independent Contracting Post Work Choices’ (2006) 19 Australian Journal of Labour Law 246.

See Phillips Ken , Independence and the Death of Employment (Voltan, 2005) 3.

Biddington , above n 1, 30.

ACTU , above n 7, 18.

Biddington , above n 1, 35.

Johnstone , above n 11, 198–9.

ACTU , above n 7, 17, 26.

Biddington , above n 1, 19.

See witness statement of Michael Kaine attached to Transport Workers' Union of Australia submission to the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, 8 August 2013, 7.

Johnstone , ‘Protective Legal Regulation for Home-Based Workers in Australian Textile, Clothing and Footwear Supply Chains’ (2015) 57 Journal of Industrial Relations 585 at 585.

Biddington , above n 1, 31.

ACTU , above n 7, 20–1.

Biddington , above n 1, 33.

Ibid.

ACTU , above n 7, 24.

See Tweedie Dale , ‘Precarious Work and Australian Labour Norms’ (2013) 24 Economic and Labour Relations Review 297, 300.

Biddington , above n 1, 33.

ACTU , above n 7, 21–2.

Biddington , above n 1, 34.

Ibid 36.

Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law submission, cited in Biddington .

Ibid 39.

Ibid 36.

Biddington , above n 1, 29.

See, eg, discussion of insecure work in the Opening address by ACTU President Ged Kearney to the ACTU Congress 2015, Melbourne, Tuesday, 26 May 2015.

Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, The Royal Commission <http://www.tradeunionroyalcommission.gov.au/>.

Productivity Commission , ‘Workplace Relations Framework’ <http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/current/workplace-relations>.

See Quinlan , above n 14, 41–42.