Within the gig economy workers are retained for single gigs and not in secure on-going positions. Workers in precarious work are regarded as workers vulnerable to exploitation. Why then does the leading disability human rights convention, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...

The inequalities confronting older Australians have attracted considerable public attention, and significant attention in this journal (Elder Law Review). One issue that has not been addressed is how a decision by an older person not to be identified as a person with a disability has important...

In 2014 and 2015, working with the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation, the ILO commissioned a survey to examine how corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) is understood by companies operating in Fiji with a particular focus on the labour dimensions of CSR. In total, forty companies...

Infrastructure and engineering asset management strategies are offered to develop the asset base of the tourism industry. This paper explores options for asset management approaches to develop and extend strategic decision-making for infrastructure and engineered assets in the tourism sector

The National Disability Insurance Act 2013 (Cth) introduced a scheme that will transform how state and federal disability services are provided across Australia. With the NDIS commencing in July 2016, it is timely to consider whether the scheme will achieve its objectives, inter alia, of giving...

This note analyses laws which license labour hire services and sanction those who fail to obtain licenses, or contract for labour hire services with parties who do not hold such a licence. While employment remains the primary means of regulating work, a significant percentage of the workforce...