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Journal articles on the topic "Law firms – Australia – Employees"
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Clarke, Andrew. "Developing a KPI for Measuring Staff Wellbeing: The Implications for Australian Law." Victoria University Law and Justice Journal 7, no. 1 (June 11, 2018): 22–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.15209/vulj.v7i1.1064.
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In late 2016, two well-known Australian organizations joined together to produce a new employee wellness index. The national and international firms, Medibank and Deloitte, respectively, promoted the index as enabling firms to measure the collective wellness and wellbeing of their staff. The two firms were of the view that these concepts should become a mainstream issue for boards and management, and form part of CEO accountability to the board. The case was put that responsibility for wellness should become a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) against which leadership and management performance could be judged.This paper examines the basis for such a proposal in terms of Australia’s system of corporate and tort law. It reviews the implications of a potential employee right to wellbeing. Would this impact, for example, on the established rights and expectations of employees, both individually and collectively?In addition to examining the consequences for relevant law and regulation, this paper reviews the implications in an international context for Australia’s long-established system of shareholder-primacy corporate governance. In particular, does the proposed wellness index invert the shareholder model, and give too much power to employees?
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Minter, Kate. "Negotiating labour standards in the gig economy: Airtasker and Unions New South Wales." Economic and Labour Relations Review 28, no. 3 (August 8, 2017): 438–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304617724305.
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The ‘gig economy’ uses digital platforms to bypass many of the regular responsibilities and costs of employment. Ambiguity as to whether gig-economy workers are independent contractors, dependent contractors or employees allows the undermining of traditional labour standards governing minimum wages and other legislated employment conditions. Labour law and institutions need to catch up to the new reality of this form of work and develop new tools to protect and enhance minimum standards for workers in digital platform businesses. Unions, business and government all have a role to play in the long term. Meanwhile, direct engagement between these new firms and workers’ advocates can also help to mitigate the risks posed to labour standards by digital business models, by addressing regulatory gaps. This article is a case study of innovative negotiations between one platform business (Airtasker) and Unions New South Wales, a peak trade unions body in New South Wales, Australia, in order to establish agreed minimum standards for engagements negotiated through this platform.
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Peirson, C. G., R. Simnett, and J. H. Pratt. "EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF EMPLOYEES OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTING FIRMS IN AUSTRALIA." Accounting & Finance 29, no. 2 (November 1989): 19–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-629x.1989.tb00099.x.
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Solakovski, Jackie. "LAW FIRMS & THE LIFE SCIENCES SECTOR IN AUSTRALIA." Asia-Pacific Biotech News 09, no. 16 (August 30, 2005): 826–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219030305000108.
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This article is about the relationship of law firms and the life sciences sector in Australia. It discusses about an example of a law firm, Lander & Rogers Lawyers and the life sciences sector in Australia.
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Apergis, Nicholas. "Unemployment and Organizational Commitment: Evidence from a Panel of Australian Manufacturing Firms." Review of Economic Analysis 8, no. 2 (February 4, 2017): 135–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/rea.v8i2.1513.
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Higher unemployment increases the cost of job loss and heightens employees’ feelings of job insecurity. The paper argues that these two effects could have a positive influence on employee organizational commitment. Using data from the Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) microdata database, we find that employees in high unemployment regions are more committed to their organization, while the effect of unemployment on employee’s commitment is stronger in the private sector.
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Jovanovič, Dušan, Patricija Jankovič, and Borut Bratina. "Legal Process Outsourcing as Challenge for Lawyers and Archival Institutions in EU." Atlanti 25, no. 2 (October 20, 2015): 163–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.33700/2670-451x.25.2.163-170(2015).
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The problem of archival institutions is in lack of employees with knowledge and experiences in law. The budget financing is insufficient for employment of lawyers in archives. Therefore for important services law firms are being hired but so called smaller issues are being serviced by other employees. Stressing out different possibilities of organizing virtual law firms for low budget legal services as legal start-up’s, authors argue that outsourcing is an optimal solution both for institutions and for the lawyers.
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Phillips, Damon J. "Organizational Genealogies and the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Case of Silicon Valley Law Firms." Administrative Science Quarterly 50, no. 3 (September 2005): 440–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2189/asqu.2005.50.3.440.
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Using a study on foundings of Silicon Valley law firms, I propose and test an organizational theory on the genealogical persistence of gender inequality that emphasizes the routines (or blueprints) and experiences that founders transfer from their parent firms to their new firms. This transfer links the parent firm's gender hierarchy to women's advancement opportunities in the new firm. Founders from parent firms that historically had women in leadership positions, such that female leadership is institutionalized, are more likely to found firms that promote women into prominent positions. Conversely, founders from firms that historically had women in subordinate positions, such that female subordination is institutionalized, are less likely to promote women into prominent positions. Findings are consistent with the theory and also show that the persistence effect is stronger for founders who were previously lower-ranked employees and for founders who institute an organization of work similar to their parent firm. The study suggests that future research should investigate routines and structures that not only generate gender inequality unintentionally but are in turn replicated across generations of organization through the mobility of employees.
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RAAR, JEAN, ERIC SMITH, and KATH CUMMINGS. "CRITICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING EMPLOYMENT: A STUDY OF SMALL MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA." Journal of Enterprising Culture 08, no. 04 (December 2000): 381–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495800000206.
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Compliance with legislation has been highlighted as a factor influencing the reluctance of small and medium sized enterprises to take on new employees. With the objective of determining factors influencing smaller firms in their employment decisions, mailed questionnaires were used to survey small to medium manufacturing businesses in the Australian States of Victoria and New South Wales. Significant critical factors and deterrents to further employment were identified.
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Brodie, Douglas. "The Dynamics of Common Law Evolution." International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 32, Issue 1 (March 1, 2016): 45–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/ijcl2016004.
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In Commonwealth Bank of Australia v. Barker [2014] HCA 32 (Barker) the High Court of Australia held that the implied term of mutual trust and confidence was not part of the law of the employment contract in Australia. This article considers the impact that the decision will have on the position of employees at common law and on the way that the law is likely to develop. It suggests that the impact of Barker may be marginalized by the ever increasing importance of good faith in the law of contract and that in assessing the extent to which the common law affords protection for the interests of employees it is imperative to take account of the obligations imposed by the law of tort. Finally, the article explores the dynamics of common law evolution more generally through the prism of Barker. It is suggested that two key factors in determining the manner in which the law develops are the values espoused by the common law and the extent to which statute is allowed to act as a constraint rather than treated as a catalyst.
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Sitek, Bronisław. "The Influence of Covid-19 on the Activities of Law Firms." Teka Komisji Prawniczej PAN Oddział w Lublinie 15, no. 2 (December 31, 2022): 293–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.32084/tkp.4482.
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The subject of this study is the analysis of the functioning of law firms during the Covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown introduced by the legislator resulted in the closure or limitation of the functioning of public administration bodies, including courts and related institutions, especially law firms (advocates or legal advisers). As a consequence, law firms significantly limited their activities and, moreover, were forced to equip their offices with ICT tools allowing for remote work and IT training for their employees. As a consequence, law firms experienced a drop in income, which was confirmed by the results of a survey conducted by the Supreme Bar Council. However, positive aspects of the changes caused by the pandemic should also be noted, including introducing flexible forms of work, greater use of ICT tools.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Law firms – Australia – Employees"
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Sumanadasa, Darshana. "The impact of trade secrets law on employees and society: In search of a balanced theoretical and legal approach with special reference to Australia and Sri Lanka." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2019. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128074/3/Darshana%20Sumanadasa%20Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis analyses Australian and Sri Lankan trade secrets laws in light of human rights theory so as to see how legal mechanisms impact on rights of employees and society. Based on a critical analysis of trade secrets of laws of Australia and Sri Lanka, it proposes a legislative framework as a promising way of establishing a balanced law which is equally concerned with the rights of employers, employees and society.
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Lake, Rosalind. "Discrimination against people with mental health problems in the workplace : a comparative analysis." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005712.
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For a long time the rights of disabled persons have been ignored worldwide. A major obstacle faced by disabled persons is discrimination in the workplace. Due to the development of a social approach to disability and the efforts of the Disability Rights Movement, legislation has been passed throughout the world to improve this dire situation. The thesis considers the efficacy of some of these statutes. It is concluded that stigma and negative stereotypes remain a constant hurdle in overcoming discrimination. The forthcoming UN Disability Convention is demonstrative of the recognition of the importance of the needs and rights of disabled people. The convention proposes some innovative measures to overcome stigma and stereotyping. Mental health problems constitute one of the leading causes of disability. The thesis explores how people with mental health problems fit within the concept of people with disabilities and whether they are included in anti-discrimination legislation and affirmative action measures. Special attention is given to statutory definitions of disability, the different forms of discrimination and the concept of reasonable accommodation. A comparative approach is taken to analyse how South Africa's disability law measures up against that of Britain and Australia in terms of its substantive provisions and enforcement thereof. In considering the South African position American and Canadian jurisprudence is consulted in order to aid in interpretation. It is concluded that although South Africa has a comparatively good legislative framework, it is held back by an overly restrictive and medically focused definition of disability. As a result many individuals with mental health difficulties, desirous of obtaining and retaining employment may be excluded from protection against discrimination in the workplace. It is argued that it will be necessary either to amend the Employment Equity Act or for the courts to adhere strictly to the concept of substantive equality in order to ensure that the rights and dignity of people with mental health difficulties are adequately protected.
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Maré, Elzabie. "The influence of perceived office politics on stress, turnaround intent and work engagement of employees in law firms / Elzabie Maré." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15396.
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The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between office politics and selected performance outcomes namely stress, turnaround intent and work engagement, as perceived by employees working in law firms.
A literature study indicated the relationship between perceptions of office politics and these selected job outcomes. As an empirical analysis, a measuring instrument consisting of five structured questionnaires was distributed via a non-probability, convenience sampling technique. Spearman’s correlation coefficient indicated the relationships between the variables.
The results indicated a positive relationship between perceptions of office politics, job stress, burnout and turnaround intent but a negative relationship between perceptions of office politics and work engagement as well as its antecedents.MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Dery, Kristine Frances. "How do organisations align human resource management with information technology: an exploratory study of four Australian firms." 2003. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2364.
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While there is significant evidence to suggest that the alignment of Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) has a positive impact on firm performance, there is little discussion on how to achieve alignment. Literature in both the HR and IT disciplines provides confirmation of the need to identify and address the people management issues in order to realise the expected returns from IT investments. This research will contribute to these discussions with insights into how an organisation with alignment between IT and HR might appear, who should be responsible for the alignment, and how enabling and inhibiting factors impact the alignment process.
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Huneberg, Samantha. "A critical comparison between how the rights of employees are affected by winding-up and business rescue proceedings." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15099.
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LL.M. (Commercial law)This dissertation seeks to explore the fundamental differences between the rights of employees in terms of windiqg-up procedures and that of business rescue proceedings. I will be specifically looking at each procedure, winding-up and business rescue proceedings, and the effect that each of these procedures have on the rights of employees. In terms of the analysis of the procedures, I will be looking at the history of both insolvency law and labour law, as well as a look at the old Companies Act of 1973 and specifically at judicial management. By looking at the history we can gain an outlook on the problems we encountered then and how they can be improved today. I will then move on to look specifically at the specific proceedings of winding-up in Chapter 14 of the old 1973 Act and Chapter 6 of the new 2008 for the provisions on business rescue. Through analysing the proceedings I will also look at the legal position in other jurisdictions on the specific matter into account. Specifically I will look to the UK and Australia. Additionally, I will be looking at the International Labour Organisations position on employees' rights in terms of insolvency law. The specific rights of employees that I will be considering are employees rights to commence proceedings, their right to be informed, their right to be consulted, the effect on their employment contracts, retrenchments, claims which they may have against the company as well as the specific rights of employees in the case of a transfer of the business. In analysing all of the above aspects, I will come to conclude from my findings that the rights afforded to employees under business rescue and Chapter 6 of the 2008 Act are extremely beneficial to the employees and are so extensive that they cover almost all rights of employees. In comparison with the rights afforded to employees' in terms of winding-up procedures under Chapter 14 of the 1973 Act these rights are stiII beneficial to employees but they are not as extensive. Both procedures afford employees a significant amount of protection.
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Joubert, Engela Petronella. "A comparative study of the effects of liquidation or business rescue proceedings on the rights of the employees of a company." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25092.
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Whenever legal disciplines overlap interesting scenarios occur and differences in opinions create intellectual tension. One such interesting scenario occurs when employees’ rights are affected during a company’s liquidation or business rescue. The employees of a company are normally the last persons to find out that a company is struggling financially. They are also the only stakeholders who are in no position to negotiate their risk should the company be liquidated. It is therefore necessary to evaluate the rights given to employees during a company’s liquidation and business rescue. The fundamental ideologies of company law, insolvency law and labour law are challenged and examined to attempt a harmonizing result that respects the core of each discipline. It is crucial to determine whether an appropriate balance is struck between the interests of all the stakeholders of the company during these procedures.
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate whether South Africa manages to strike this balance. If employee rights are protected whilst a company is restructured back to solvency and success, this balance will be struck. An evaluation will also be made whether employees are always better protected during business rescue than in liquidation.
The study analyses employee rights in a company’s liquidation and during a company’s restructuring process. The comparative study of employee rights in liquidation and rescue is done with the jurisdictions of Australia and England – countries with similar procedures.
Important conclusions show that South Africa protects employee rights during business rescue procedures the best. An appropriate balance is indeed struck between the interests of all stakeholders of a company during business rescue procedures and employees are most of the time better off after a restructuring than in a liquidation. Should the recommendations for law reform be implemented in our legislation, South Africa will overcome the few obstacles currently in its way to be seen as a world leader where employee rights are concerned in liquidation proceedings as well as business rescue.Mercantile Law
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Li, Yongqiang. "Governance, Regulation and Performance of Non-listed Small Corporations in Australia: a Structural Equation Modelling Approach." Thesis, 2014. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/25854/.
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Small corporations are the backbone of the Australian economy. Various studies have
explored corporate governance as it applies to larger organisations. Few studies, however,
have examined how corporate governance relates to small corporations. The “one size fits all
model” adopted by most of the corporations’ law frameworks and the “comply or explain”
mentality places a significant amount of unnecessary and disproportionate compliance burden
on small businesses. Worse still, non-listed small corporations are losers of the “corporate
governance reform competition”, given their resource constraints.
There is a dearth of evidence on the relationship between governance, regulation and
performance of non-listed small corporations. Only in recent years have researchers in the
field started to explore the governance issues facing small corporations in North America and
Europe. Existing empirical studies have mainly focused on isolated governance mechanisms,
while the interaction between different governance mechanisms has been ignored.
This project intends to address these gaps by applying systematic review, meta-analysis, Path
Analysis (PA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The systematic review identifies
relevant theories on the governance and regulation of small corporations. Grounded in these
theories, meta-analyses have been applied to synthesize existing empirical evidence in view
to developing a conceptual framework. A structured online questionnaire was employed to
collect data, yielding 387 responses. Multiple indicators were adopted to measure five latent
constructs such as governance, regulation, financial performance, social performance and
sustainable performance. PA estimated the direct and indirect effects of governance
mechanism on performance. SEM was introduced to confirm the hypothesized relationships,
controlling variables such as firm age, size, and development stage. The results revealed (1) the measurement models for four latent constructs including
corporate governance, government regulation, financial performance and CSR; (2) the impact
of individual governance mechanisms on performance; (3) governance as a bundle has
negative impacts on both financial performance and CSR; (4) regulation has a positive impact
on financial performance and CSR. Policy recommendations were developed based on the
empirical evidence established from this study.
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Heffernan, S. P. "Can vocational training be better structured to facilitate the acquisition of job related skills?" Thesis, 1997. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18173/.
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As Australia attempts to improve its global economic standing, each industry,
and their respective enterprises, is necessarily undertaking considerable
transformation as they embrace the need to adapt. Industrialised technologies
and operating methods are changing more rapidly than at any other time since
the inception of mass production. The imperative for a more efficient approach
to manufacturing and the production of goods is paramount for organisations
to enable them to obtain and to sustain a competitive position within a rapidly
changing world economy.
The linkages between competitive manufacturing and vocational education are
widely recognised as important factors that contribute to sustainable business
practices. This research explores the educative processes that are being used to
bring new-start employees' skills and knowledge levels up to the required
standard for a globally competitive manufacturing company. It also looks at
vocational education, and examines the provision of service by the formal
providers who are now altering their relationship and service arrangements at
the enterprise level.
The research comprised an extensive literature review, the application of a
survey questionnaire (see Appendices A, B and C) and an analysis of the data
which collectively comprised the body of a comparative opinion based study
that was undertaken in a manufacturing environment. The research question
was designed to explore the issues relating to the imparting of knowledge and
skills to new start employees. An examination of the key providers' ability to
deliver training, the relevance and applicability of the study materials used are
also addressed. The study looks at the learning process in the context of the
new employee and how they acquire skills and competencies for their new job;
with a view to examining whether vocational education can be better structured
to facilitate the acquisition of essential job skills.
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Jansen, van Vuuren Johanna Petronella. "A legal comparison between South African, Canadian and Australian workmen's compensation law." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18551.
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Workers’ compensation originated internationally because of the need to address
the plight of workers and communities left destitute due to occupationally sustained
disabilities or death. This study examines how the right to no-fault compensation
developed in South Africa in comparison to the comparable law in Canada and
Australia. Specific limitations regarding the right to workers' compensation
pursuant to the South African compensatory laws were identified. Limitations
identified include the persons falling within the ambit of the law, circumstances
creating a right to compensation, the right to claims for increased compensation
uniquely provided for in South African compensatory law and founded in the
negligent conduct of employers as well as common law redress for damages. The
background of the administrative remedy in the form of the right to compensation
for occupational injuries and diseases ought to be seen in the light of the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996.Mercantile Law
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Books on the topic "Law firms – Australia – Employees"
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Dimitriou, Demetrios. Law office staff manual for solos and small law firms. Chicago, Ill: ABA Section of Law Practice Management, 1995.
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Davis, Anthony E. Risk management: Survival tools for law firms. Chicago: American Bar Association, Law Practice Division, 2015.
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Law firm psychology: A quick guide. San Francisco: Peter Newton Associates, 2008.
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Yusko, Kenneth P. Smart human resource practices for law offices. Little Falls, NJ: Glasser LegalWorks, 1997.
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Mottershead, Terri. The art and science of strategic talent management in law firms. [St. Paul, Minn?]: Thomson/West, 2010.
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Warnecke, Andrea. Legal profiles: A guide to the expertise of the leading law firms in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney: Profiles Pub., 1994.
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Outplacement of lawyers: A guide to the art of firing for law-firms and corporate legal departments. Pittsburg, PA: Innovations Press, 1985.
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Bock, Heather. Constructing core competencies: Using competency models to manage firm talent. [Chicago]: American Bar Association, 2006.
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Hor, Joydeep. Managing termination of employment: A best practice guide under Work Choices. Sydney: CCH Australia, 2007.
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Consultants, A. R. A. Survey of private sector firms in selected industrial sectors in Ontario on gender predominance. [Toronto: s.n.], 1986.
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Deery, Margaret, Leo Jago, Candice Harris, and Janne Liburd. "Work Life Balance for Sustainable Tourism Development." In Collaboration for Sustainable Tourism Development. Goodfellow Publishers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781911635000-3924.
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The tourism and hospitality industry is very much a ‘people industry’, which requires a stable and talented workforce as a fundamental component. However, there are some aspects of the industry that make it unattractive to potential employees. These aspects include the long and unsocial hours of work, the low pay and often stressful working environment (Deery and Jago, 2015: Karatepe, 2013). These aspects contribute to the industry’s reputation for not providing staff with an acceptable work-life balance. The question then becomes how the tourism and hospitality industry can contribute to a better balance and thus underpin the socio-cultural aspects of sustainability. This study examines the sustainability of the industry across three countries, Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and New Zealand, by focusing on whether tourism employees in hospitality organisations consider they have a balance between their personal and work lives. Hospitality is chosen as the focus for this study since it plays a fundamentally important role in underpinning the viability of the broader tourism industry. Current practices are confronted by larger societal changes in the labour market, where lifelong careers within the same firm (or industry) are challenged by rapid employee turnover, demands for greater flexibility, new technologies, and alternative work schedules. We discuss how collaboration between industry, employees and wider community may help underpin sustainable tourism development.
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Brown, Wendy. "When Persons Become Firms and Firms Become Persons: Neoliberal Jurisprudence and Evangelical Christianity in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc." In Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places, 169–88. Fordham University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823283712.003.0009.
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In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a national chain of craft stores whose Christian owners believed contraception was a sin against God could not be forced to provide their employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives. With the extension of personhood to corporations and the economizing of civic and ethical life, personhood is remade as human capital, and the field in which rights are exercised becomes a realm of the market. The decision illustrates how neoliberal jurisprudence facilitates a specific set of evangelical conservative Christian aims today and how it enables a kind of market evangelicism that pushes back against secular guarantees of equality and nondiscrimination. Hobby Lobby is one of a series of recent decisions that remakes both personhood and rights through neoliberal reason, marking a specific neoliberalization of conscience itself.
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Mann, Yogendra Nath, and Kavindra Nath Mann. "Corporate Insolvency Law in India." In Corporate Insolvency Law and Bankruptcy Reforms in the Global Economy, 74–87. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5541-4.ch004.
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The 2008 financial crisis was followed by a global economic downturn, a credit crunch, and a reduction in cross-border lending, trade finance, and foreign direct investment, which adversely affected businesses around the world. The consequent increase in the number of firm insolvencies in the corporate sector highlights the need for commercial bankruptcy laws to liquidate efficiently unviable firms and reorganize viable ones, so as to maximize the total value of proceeds received by creditors, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. India's weak insolvency regime, its significant inefficiencies, and systematic abuse are some of the reasons for the distressed state of credit markets in India today. The Code promises to bring about far-reaching reforms with a thrust on creditor driven insolvency resolution. It aims at early identification of financial failure and maximizing the asset value of insolvent firms. The Code also has provisions to address cross-border insolvency through bilateral agreements and reciprocal arrangements with other countries.
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Gerber, David J. "Competition Law and Antitrust: A Global Introduction and Guide." In Competition Law and Antitrust, 1–8. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198727477.003.0001.
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Competition law shapes the conduct of business firms by deterring conduct that can harm both private interests—businesses and their employees, owners, and customers—and public interests such as the efficiency of markets, economic development, economic growth, and perhaps even social and political and economic stability. Despite its often immense importance, competition law is often poorly understood, and there are major differences among competition law regimes. This Guide makes competition law understandable and accessible to people everywhere. It provides a new set of tools that help the reader to make sense of competition law in any country and to recognize differences among them. It presents an integrated picture of competition law that is both domestic and global, and it uses this view to cut through the vast amount of data about competition laws and shape it to maximize access and understanding. It asks a central question: What factors influence decisions? Decisions in any competition law regime are often influenced by factors outside the host country, so the Guide shows how competition laws influence each other. It pays particular attention to the most influential competition law regimes—US and EU—and notes patterns of competition law in East Asia, Latin America, and developing countries.
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Cashman, Peter. "Civil Liability in Australia for International Human Rights Violations." In Human Rights Litigation against Multinationals in Practice, 140–67. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198866220.003.0006.
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Peter Cashman reviews the current state of play in Australia regarding the imposition of civil liability on multinationals for human rights abuses and environmental damage occurring overseas. He considers cases based on a direct tort law-based duty of care and the relevance in that regard of developments in English law and also environmental damage associated with the operations of Australian multinationals, in particular the historic OK Tedi litigation against BHP Billiton and the recent class action trial of the claim by Indonesian seaweed farmers arising from the Montara oil spill. Important aspects of the law on jurisdiction, forum non conveniens, and choice of law and the opt-out class action regime in federal and State courts are outlined. The rules relating to the running of cases by private law firms and third party litigation funders on the basis of contingency fee agreements are explained
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Karaiskos, Dionysios E., Konstantinos I. Evangelinos, Panagiotis Vouros, and Ioannis E. Nikolaou. "The New Framework for the Compulsory Publication of Sustainability Reports." In Cases on Corporate Social Responsibility and Contemporary Issues in Organizations, 36–51. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7715-7.ch003.
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This chapter examines how the changes from voluntary to mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting influence the quantity and quality of disclosed CSR information. Furthermore, it examines the adaptation level for CSR reports in relation to the requirements of the regulatory regime. To do so, a research agenda is designed through the relative literature in order to make clear the challenges and barriers of the changes of the CSR reporting regime as well as a framework is developed to evaluate the progress of CSR reports within the new regime. This research is based on a scoring and benchmarking methodology which is tested in a sample of 23 Greek firms which systematically publish CSR reports the last five years. It is worth noting that a mandatory regime from CSR reporting has been lately introduced in Greece by integrating into Greek Law (4403/2016) the European Union Directive 2014/95/EU which requires Greek firms with over 10 employees to publish CSR reports on a mandatory basis.
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Posner, Eric A. "The Failure of Antitrust." In How Antitrust Failed Workers, 30–42. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197507629.003.0003.
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Antitrust law has frequently been used by private individuals and the government to challenge anticompetitive behavior by sellers of goods and services. It has rarely been used to penalize firms for engaging in anticompetitive behavior against workers. Yet labor monopsony is common. Recent work by economists and recent events show that employers frequently engage in anticompetitive acts, including no-poaching agreements, wage fixing, misclassification of workers as independent contractors, and the imposition of covenants not to compete on employees. For a variety of historical, intellectual, and practical reasons, courts have been reluctant to find in favor of workers who challenge employers on antitrust grounds. As a result, labor markets are uncompetitive, resulting in low wages and reduced output.
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Kenworthy, Lane. "Economic Democracy." In Would Democratic Socialism Be Better?, 108–19. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197636800.003.0012.
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Would democratic socialism be better at achieving workplace democracy? Certainly yes, if it makes workplace democracy mandatory. But we probably don’t want to mandate that all firms be worker cooperatives, just as we wouldn’t want to mandate one-person-one-vote decision making within families. We could facilitate workplace democracy, without requiring it, via a law that allows any firm’s employees, if a majority of them vote in favor, to buy out the owner(s) and turn the company into a cooperative. Would democratic socialism be better at achieving democratic control over the economy as a whole? Possibly. But most rich democratic capitalist nations already have this in principle. And regularized discussion and negotiation between representatives of labor, business, and government—“concertation”—provides an additional dimension in countries that use it.
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Dutton, Paul V. "Workers’ Health in the United States and Germany." In Beyond Medicine, 65–106. Cornell University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501754555.003.0003.
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This chapter explores the institutions and policies that influence the health of working-age Germans and Americans. Work (or the absence of paid work) is one of the most important determinants of health in advanced industrial societies. The nature of one's work differentially determines one's risk of unemployment, which is strongly linked to heightened rates of mortality and morbidity. Work also bears directly on health through potential exposure to toxic agents and other physical dangers. No less important are the psychosocial dimensions of the work environment. Substantial evidence links greater employee control of the workplace to better health outcomes. Conversely, a relative absence of worker power is detrimental to health. The development of employee participation in German firm management began in the 1920s, culminating in the Codetermination Law of 1976. That law mandates that workers' representatives fill half the supervisory board seats in all firms with more than two thousand employees. The chapter then considers the links between German workers' enhanced psychosocial work environments and their superior health status in comparison to their American counterparts.
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Garth, Bryant, and Gregory Shaffer. "The Globalization of Legal Education." In The Globalization of Legal Education, 3–76. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197632314.003.0001.
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This chapter introduces the volume, documents evidence of the globalization of legal education in a particular way that draws on the US model, and examines the processes that account for this US influence that grew with the end of the Cold war and the rise of corporate law firms and neoliberal economic processes. It talks, for example, about the diffusion of the Juris Doctor (JD) degree to Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea, the advent of a very similar Juris Master (JM) degree in China, and a shift in the late 1980s and beyond to a new US-influenced format in India that exemplified shifts toward US legal education practices. It also refers to the global and Americanizing trend, wherein many law schools compete to be the most “global” in terms of their faculty, curricula, teaching methods, and students. The chapter discusses theoretical perspectives that focus on transnationalization and transnational processes, and on the role of empires and hegemonic relationships, which help explain the current trends, historical continuities, and limits. There is continuing competition, including potentially from the rise in Chinese power. The globalization that is the focus of this book is neither inevitable nor unchallenged.
Conference papers on the topic "Law firms – Australia – Employees"
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Soņeca, Viktorija. "Tehnoloģiju milžu ietekme uz suverēnu." In The 8th International Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia. University of Latvia Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/iscflul.8.1.18.
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In the last two decades, we have seen the rise of companies providing digital services. Big Tech firms have become all-pervasive, playing critical roles in our social interactions, in the way we access information, and in the way we consume. These firms not only strive to be dominant players in one market, but with their giant monopoly power and domination of online ecosystems, they want to become the market itself. They are gaining not just economic, but also political power. This can be illustrated by Donald Trump’s campaigns, in which he attempted to influence the sovereign will, as the sovereign power is vested in the people. The Trump campaigns' use of Facebook's advertising tools contributed to Trump's win at the 2016 presidential election. After criticism of that election, Facebook stated that it would implement a series of measures to prevent future abuse. For example, no political ads will be accepted in the week before an election. Another example of how Big Tech firms can effect the sovereign is by national legislator. For example, Australia had a dispute with digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. That was because Australia began to develop a News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Code. To persuade the Australian legislature to abandon the idea of this code, Facebook prevented Australian press publishers, news media and users from sharing/viewing Australian as well as international news content, including blocking information from government agencies. Such action demonstrated how large digital platforms can affect the flow of information to encourage the state and its legislature to change their position. Because of such pressure, Australia eventually made adjustments to the code in order to find a compromise with the digital platform. Also, when we are referring to political power, it should include lobbying and the European Union legislator. Tech giants are lobbying their interests to influence the European Union’s digital policy, which has the most direct effect on member states, given that the member states are bound by European Union law.
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Mubarak, Sameera, and Jill Slay. "An explorative study on information security of trust accounts within law firms in South Australia: Implications for IT security management." In 2006 1st International Conference on Digital Information Management. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icdim.2007.369330.
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Saha, Amrita, Jodie Thorpe, Keir Macdonald, and Kelbesa Megersa. Linking Business Environment Reform with Gender and Inclusion: A Study of Business Licensing Reform in Indonesia. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.001.
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Business environment reform (BER) targets inadequate business regulations. It is intended to remove constraints to business investment, enabling growth and job creation, and create opportunities for international business to contribute to and benefit from this growth. However, there is a lack of detailed knowledge of the impact of BER on gender and inclusion (G&I). While a review of existing literature suggests that in general, there is no direct link between BER and G&I, indirect links are likely through the influence of BER on firm performance. Outcomes will be influenced by the differential ways in which women-led firms experience the business environment when compared to their male counterparts, with disparities based on how they are treated under the law, as well as structural and sociocultural factors. The fact that in many countries, female-led firms are fewer and smaller than those of their male counterparts, and may operate in different sectors, also affects these dynamics. This research offers new insights through an in-depth analysis of the impact of the Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Pintu (PTSP) or one-stop shop business licensing reform in 2009 on firm performance in Indonesia, and how these impacts vary based on the gender of firm leadership. The results find that on average, firms benefited from improved business performance (sales), as a direct or indirect effect of this reform, as well as an increase in the number of medium and large-scale firms. Outside Jakarta (Bali, Banten, Lampung), women-led firms experienced a small but significant benefit relative to male-led firms, related to both sales and the number of medium and large-scale firms they run. In Jakarta, women-led firms continued to lag behind men and there were no significant effects on employment, and this held across province and gender. These findings are based on an analysis of the PTSP reform using data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES), a survey of small, medium and large firms (i.e. with more than four employees) which took place in Indonesia between 2009 and 2015.