Recent publications
Australian Trade Unions: An Alternate Regulatory Approach
An occasional paper addressing the appropriateness of regulating unions under the Corporations Act 2001.
Transferring union regulation to ASIC
Recent events highlighting the lax governance structures in place at the National and Victoria Number 1 branches of the Health Services Union have sparked a debate over the efficacy of the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009. A new...
Insecure Employment
An occasional paper on Insecure Employment
Insecure employment - code for more regulation of the workplace
"An ACTU campaign to restrict access to non-permanent employment is divorced from labour market and economic reality. The campaign would have dire consequences and must be resisted" said John Lloyd, Director, Work Reform and Productivity Unit at...
Work Choices
An occasional paper on Work Choices.
Workplace relations reform - time for a rational debate
"Today almost every workplace relations reform proposed by employers, their representative associations and the Coalition is labelled by the unions and the ALP as a return to Work Choices. Most of this labelling is wrong," said John Lloyd,...
Law of the jungle to return to the building and construction industry
‘Workplace relations in the building and construction industry will return to the law of the jungle. The passage of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill through the Parliament today...
Swan's monthly hypocrisy
Wayne Swan's essay in The Monthly magazine, published today, reveals breathtaking hypocrisy, says James Paterson, Editor of the Institute of Public Affairs Review. In his essay, Mr Swan attacks vested interests, such as mining companies, and...
Union leaders trash rule of law
"The rule of law is fundamental to the effective functioning of the workplace relations system. Victorian nurses have today chosen to defy an injunction granted by the Federal Court of Australia. The silence of the ACTU and the Gillard Government...
The unsatisfactory implications of the Victorian nurses dispute
John Lloyd, Director of the IPA's Work Reform and Productivity Unit said today that the Victorian Government and the Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association must not give in to the unlawful strike action of the Australian Nursing Federation. If...