Labour Law Society Conference at Victoria
Last month the biennial conference of the New Zealand Labour Law Society returned to Victoria Law School, host of the first conference in 2011.
Last month the biennial conference of the New Zealand Labour Law Society returned to Victoria Law School, host of the first conference in 2011. The theme of the conference was “Challenges of Regulating Future Labour Markets” and over 20 papers were presented to the 60 participants, including three judges of the Employment Court and a substantial delegation of Australian academics.
Professor Virginia Mantouvalou of University College London, a foremost authority on human rights in the context of employment, delivered the keynote address “Human Rights and Labour Law”. This was complemented by addresses by Professor Anthony Forsyth from RMIT University on possible changes to Australian labour law, and by Professor Paul Secunda on the emerging issues surrounding workplace pensions. Other papers included recent reforms to health and safety law, issues relating to part-time and precarious work and extending liability for labour law breaches in an era of increasing fissured employment.
Videos of the keynote addresses are available here.