Workplace - HSC
Texts
- The new Federal workplace relations system, by Lenny Roth, NSW Parliamentary Library Research Paper 02/2006. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/A052B18656BDEE8CCA25711F00032321
- Employment and the Law, Hot Topics 61, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2007. (Get it : In public libraries)
- The Workplace Relations Case - Implications for the States. NSW Parliamentary Library Briefing Paper 18/2006. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/publications.nsf/0/CF8E2AE584CF3A11CA2572330015F1C2
- Workplace relations reforms: a chronology of business, community and government responses. Background Note by Steve O'Neill and Indra Kuruppu, Australian Parliamentary Library, revised 6 December 2007. Available at www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/BN/2007-08/Workplace_Relations_chron.htm
Media - newspapers, magazines and journals
- AGISPlus via Informit. A database that includes the fulltext of magazine articles. You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: employment law, work choices legislation.
- Search instructions.
- Proquest ANZ Newsstand. A database of fulltext newspaper articles.
You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: work choices legislation.
- Search instructions.
- Infocus. You can purchase articles from the State Library, or ask your school or local library to order them. Tip: Select Legal Studies as HSC Subject. Search key words such as employment law. (Get it : SL)
Websites
- Australian Parliament Library Law Internet Resources - Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/workchoicesbill.htm
- workplace.gov.au www.workplace.gov.au
- NSW Office of Industrial Relations www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au
- Workcover NSW www.workcover.nsw.gov.au
- Find Legal Answers website - employment www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/subject.cfm/generalID/8/
Major legislation
- Workplace Relations Act 1996 (Cth) www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/wra1996220/
- Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 (Cth) www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/wraca2005418/
- Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/viewtop/inforce/act+17+1996+FIRST+0+N/
- Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill (Cth) 2008 parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/browse.aspx?NodeID=37
State Library of NSW access
(SL) = State Library of NSW and other libraries. For remote access databases, register online at www.sl.nsw.gov.au/using/register.cfm


