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Latest publications

• Fair Work Bill 2008, Bills Digest
• Fair Work (Transitional provisions and consequential amendments) Bill 2008, Bills Digest
• Unfair dismissal the the small business exemption, 2008, Background Note
• Workplace relations reforms: a chronology of business, community and Government ,
• Workplace Relations Legislation: Bills Passed, Rejected or Lapsed, 38th–40th Parliaments (1996–2004),

• Fair Work Bill 2009
• Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009
• Fair Work Amendment (Paid Parental Leave) Bill 2009
• Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations inquiry into the Fair Work Bill 2008
• Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations inquiry into the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009
• Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations inquiry into the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008

Governments and the Law

• Australian Industrial Relations Commission
• Australian Fair Pay Commission
• Workplace Authority
• Workplace Ombudsman
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
• Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry
• Fair Work Australia - from 1 January 2010, this body will replace the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, Australian Industrial Registry, Australian Fair Pay Commission & Secretariat, Workplace Authority, Workplace Ombudsman, and the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

The States

• NSW: Office of Industrial Relations
• Victoria: Business Victoria – Workforce
• Qld: Queensland Industrial Relations Commission
• WA: Department of Commerce - Labour Relations
• SA: SafeWork SA
• Tas: Justice Tasmania - Tasmanian Industrial Commission
• ACT: Remuneration tribunal
• NT: Workplace Advocate

Law Links

• AustLII Databases (for Federal and State case law and legislation,)
• ComLaw

Labour and Employer Organisations

• ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions )
• ACTU International Affiliates (from the ACTU National Directory)
• ACTU Union links
• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
• Australian Industry Group (Ai Group)
• Business Council of Australia (BCA)
• National Farmers' Federation (NFF)
• NSW Business Chamber
• Trades and Labour Councils (from the ACTU National Directory)

International Links

• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
• Cyber Picket Line - World Trade Union Directory
• European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (eurofound)
• European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIROnline)
• European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
• BusinessEurope
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
• International Confederation of Free Trade Unions-Asian and Pacific Regional Organisation (ICFTU-APRO)
• International Institute for Labour Studies
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)
• International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour: IPEC
• NZ: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
• UK: Department of Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform

Trades Union Congress (TUC) - Britain's at Work

• USA: Department of Labor

  National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Other Sources of Information

• Workplace Research Centre (University of Sydney)
• National Institute of Labour Studies (Flinders University)
• WorkplaceInfo

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